The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.
When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.
It is bad luck for world history that of all people the Russians adopted Communism, because they are totally unfit for it.
People like us who are on their last leg can only understand comedies.
The rightful claim to dissent is an existential right of the individual.
A story has been thought to its conclusion when it has taken its worst possible turn.