I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

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

What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light will grow up?

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

It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future.

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.