I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.

I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.

All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.

There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.

War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature which are as much general as particular. War is divine in the mysterious glory that surrounds it and in the no less inexplicable attraction that draws us to it. War is divine by the manner in which it breaks out.

Prejudice does not mean false ideas, but only ... opinions adopted before examination.