The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality.

Robespierre, this pedant of freedom!

History is the zoology of the human race.

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.

It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.

In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.

From a distance the rushing of the torrent delights and uplifts us, but it rocks us in a flimsy boat, we are overwhelmed by despair. The same applies to danger.