Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.

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.

Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.

It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.

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

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.