An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.

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

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.

I master only the language of others. Mine does with me what it wants.

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.