A country is not only what it does but what it tolerates.
The world isn't purposeful. It isn't ruled by reason. The world wants to play. Fashion queens have always aroused more interest than future generations and their fate.
Language is a weapon, keep it honed!
The advantage of wisdom is that you can play dumb. The opposite is more difficult.
Germany is an anatomical oddity: it writes with its left hand and acts with its right.
Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.