I am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject.
I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
To know how to live is my trade and my art.
Each person calls barbarism whatever is not his or her own practice.... We may call Cannibals barbarians, in respect to the rulesof reason, but not in respect to ourselves, who surpass them in every kind of barbarity.
Don't be afraid to say what you are not afraid to think
The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty, according to their power.