Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.
Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.
Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.
One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.
I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence.
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.