To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.

When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.

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

In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal.

An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is among Catholics.

What is reasoned has nothing to do with what is reasonable.