Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
Give me a few minutes to talk away my face and I can seduce the Queen of France.
I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little
We are obliged to place ourselves on the level of our age before we can rise above it.
He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.