Sticking to one woman is a small price to pay for so much as having seen one woman.

Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.

Women are the only realists; their whole object in life is to pit their realism against the extravagant, excessive, and occasionally drunken idealism of men.

Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.

Is there anyone... who will maintain that the Party System could have been created by people particularly fond of truth?

Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.

That all war is physically frightful is obvious; but if that were a moral verdict, there would be no difference between a torturer and a surgeon. There are certain intellectuals who are too bright to be content with merely praising peace but who are infuriated by anybody praising war. If no war is possible, all criminality has its chance