From the self-confidence with which he spoke no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.

One must be cunning and wicked in this world.

the very fact of the death of someone close to them aroused in all who heard about it, as always, a feeling of delight that he had died and they hadn't.

The subject of history is the life of peoples and mankind.

Art should cause violence to be set aside and it is only art that can accomplish this.

The most important knowledge is that which guides the way you lead your life.

History is the product of vast, amorphous and indecipherable social movements.