It is through Christianity that Judaism has really conquered the world. Christianity is the masterpiece of Judaism.

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

Getting its history wrong is part of being a nation.

The epic disappeared along with the age of personal heroism; there can be no epic with artillery.

When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it.

Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.