The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.
I don’t regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do everything that one does. There was no pleasure I did not experience.
Now produce your explanation and pray make it improbable.
The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
He wants to enslave you.' 'I shudder at the thought of being free.
The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.