When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest.
One cleans someone else's threshold of consciousness only if one's own home is dirty.
Humanity is the washerwoman of society that wrings out its dirty laundry in tears.
A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
Religion, morality, and patriotism are feelings that are manifested only when they are outraged.
Prussia: freedom of movement with a muzzle. Austria: an isolation cell in which screaming is allowed.