The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.
Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while washing them.
How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
To be perfect, one lacks only a defect.
Many share my views with me. But I don't share them with them.