In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.
On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite.
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.
We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.