We like lists because we don't want to die.

Every great thinker is someone else's moron.

The faith a movement proclaims doesn't count: what counts is the hope it offers. All heresies are the banner of a reality, an exclusion. Scratch the heresy and you will find the leper. Every battle against heresy wants only this: to keep the leper as he is.

It takes a little time, but the pleasures of cooking begin before the pleasures of the palate, and preparing means anticipating.

It is obvious that the newspaper produces the opinion of the readers.

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

In short, Roberto privately concluded, if you would avoid wars, never make treaties of peace.