Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores.

The trees encountered on a country stroll Reveal a lot about that country's soul ... A culture is no better than its woods.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

The truly tragic kind of suffering is the kind produced and defiantly insisted upon by the hero himself so that, instead of making him better, it makes him worse and when he dies he is not reconciled to the law but defiant, that is, damned. Lear is not a tragic hero, Othello is.

Whatever the field under discussion, those who engage in debate must not only believe in each other's good faith, but also in their capacity to arrive at the truth.