The two real problems in life are boredom and death.
I’ve had all the monstrosity I want.
The best and purest human beings, from the beginning of time, have understood that life is sacred.
It's not up to me ... to make the world consistent.
Language is a spiritual mansion in which you live and nobody has the right to evict you.
De Tocqueville considered the impulse toward well-being as one of the strongest impulses of a democratic society. He can't be blamed for underestimating the destructive powers generated by this same impulse.