Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation.

You will be a poet because you will always be humiliated.

Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading.

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.

Goodness is easier to recognize than to define.

What we have not named as a symbol escapes our notice.

Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.