The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's.

You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?

Those who are scandalized by a naked body--thinks the Devil--are easy prey: they are already doomed.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.