The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.

Language is the only chimera whose illusory power is endless, the inexhaustibility which keeps life from being impoverished. Let men learn to serve language.

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.

Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime.

The immorality of men triumphs over the amorality of women.

When I don't make any progress, it is because I have bumped into the wall of language. Then I draw back with a bloody head. And would like to go on.

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