Our most noted satirists are true columnists and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented exposé.

A library's ideal function is to be a little bit like a bouquiniste's stall, a place for trouvailles.

I seal that which was not to be said in the tomb that I become.

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.

How beautiful was the spectacle of nature not yet touched by the often perverse wisdom of man!

Once upon a time there were mass media, and they were wicked, of course, and there was a guilty party. Then there were the virtuous voices that accused the criminals. And Art (ah, what luck!) offered alternatives, for those who were not prisoners to the mass media.

From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.