After 40, a man is responsible for his face.

...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.

I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.

The real test of character is how you treat someone who has no possibility of doing you any good.

If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked.