Once and for all, there are many things I choose not to know.--Wisdom sets limits even to knowledge.

The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.

To find everything profound - that is an inconvenient trait. It makes one strain one's eyes all the time, and in the end one finds more than one might have wished.

There are two types of genius; one which above all begets and wants to beget, and another which prefers being fertilized and giving birth.

Many deeds are done so as to forget another deed: there are also opiate activities. I exist so that another will be forgotten.

That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much.

The poet presents his thoughts festively, on the carriage of rhythm: usually because they could not walk.