It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation.
Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.
Pity is extolled as the virtue of prostitutes.
The melancholia of everything completed!
I can still stand on life's narrowest footing: but who would I be were I to show you this art. Would you like to see a ropedancer?
Those who are bent on revolutionizing society may be divided into those who seek something for themselves thereby and those who seek something for their children and grandchildren.