There exists a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble of inventing phrases for themselves.

The past is whatever the records and the memories agree upon.

It is not possible for any thinking person to live in such a society as our own without wanting to change it.

If I had understood the situation a bit better I should probably have joined the Anarchists.

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.

A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack on morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise.

The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.