An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most effectiveform of resistance: contemptuous compliance.

The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.

Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.

The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.

People of talent resemble a musical instrument more closely than they do a musician. Without outside help, they produce not a single sound, but given even the slightest touch, and a magnificent tune emanates from them.

At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.

Drive the women from the bed just as you drove them from the choir; a eunuch sings in Rome, and the priests masturbate.