Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.

Never expect any recognition here--the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.

The old harlot, German philosophy, has finally turned into a church lady.

Many said selfishness was the flaw of our modern age; but then self-conceit emerged from a corner of the deepest hell to join selfishness.

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.

My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.

A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake.