Even with limited intelligence, knowing oneself is not as difficult as some say, but to act according to what one has realized about oneself in real life is as difficult as practicing anything else, compared to theory.

Nothing genuinely historical was ever lost in this country. For this reason we have two ruling parties: villains and fools.

Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.

In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.

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.

Love! Hate! Is there no third?

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