You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend.

Why does the past look so enticing to us? For the same reason why from a distance a meadow with flowers looks like a flower bed.

The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.

Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.

What's the meaning of all the pious clamor, condemning cocks and hens? Those who have no teeth are the greatest meat-haters.

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.