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.

Revolution! The people howls and cries, Freedom, thats what were needing! Weve needed it for centuries, our arteries are bleeding. The stage is shaking, the audience rock. The whole thing is over by nine oclock.

You should always pay attentionto quality. A coffin, for instance, should laast a lifetime.

Nothing is more difficult and nothing requires more character than to find oneself in open opposition to ones time (and those one loves) and to say loudly: No!

The advantage of wisdom is that you can play dumb. The opposite is more difficult.

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.

Each economy relies on the credit system, that is, on the erroneous assumption that the other will pay back money pumped.