History is the science of what never happens twice.
A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.
My hand feels touched as well as it touches; reality says this, and nothing more.
All nations have present, or past, or future reasons for thinking themselves incomparable.
Talent without genius isn't much, but genius without talent is nothing whatsoever.
We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from losing ourselves.