The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile.
An attack on the roots of passion means an attack on the roots of life.
All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.
In order to be somebody you have to hold even your shadow in high regard.
It is only those who know how to feel that "this is not good" who devise improvements.
The charm of the Platonic mode of thought ... consisted precisely in the resistance to the obvious evidence of the senses.