It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.
Existence precedes and rules essence.
I believe, I desire, that social and economic ills may be remedied.
The coward makes himself cowardly, the hero makes himself heroic.
Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
Originally, poetry creates the myth, while the prose-writer draws its portrait.