It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.

Being right is less important to us than the freedom to be wrong.

What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite.