Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.
When you're in love you never really know whether your elation comes from the qualities of the one you love, or if it attributes them to her; whether the light which surrounds her like a halo comes from you, from her, or from the meeting of your sparks.
A good book is never exhausted; we are never exhausted by a good book.
It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it.
If only art were as rare as good taste.
To think about and prepare for war is boring, boring for everyone. It's being locked in barracks.