The brave forget. It is those who fought less bravely, or those who fought without justice and live in fear of their victory, who forget the least.
Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.
Poetry is the work of the bard and of the people who inspire him.
It is a sin not to do what one is capable of doing.
People can only be free if they are truly educated.
To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.