War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.

Mankind became hysterical in the Middle Ages because it poorly repressed the sexual impressions of its Greek boyhood.

They judge lest they be judged.

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations should hold it to their ears like a seashell in which there is the music of an ocean of mud.

How do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists, then believe what they read.

A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography.