The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.
If you see the world as gloomily as I see it, the only thing to do is laugh or shoot yourself.
It struck him as a bit unfair that, at the age of eight, he should have manifested the same sense of solitude that haunted him at forty-three.
Blackmail is more effective than bribery.
Never trade a secret, you'll always get the short end of the bargain.
There will be no war, but in the pursuit of principle no stone will be left standing.