Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.

Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.

The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.

Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind.

The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women.

It is not a matter of desire, but of coercion and duty.

Do you call the jewel blind, because your eye is?