Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love – first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage
We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love – first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.
Don’t wait for the last judgment – it takes place every day
Don’t wait for the last judgment – it takes place every day.
Charm is a way of getting the answer ‘Yes’ without asking a clear question
Charm is a way of getting the answer ‘Yes’ without asking a clear question.
There is in me an anarchy and frightful disorder. Creating makes me die a thousand deaths, because it means making order, and my entire being rebels against order. But without it I would die, scattered to the winds
There is in me an anarchy and frightful disorder. Creating makes me die a thousand deaths, because it means making order, and my entire being rebels against order. But without it I would die, scattered to the winds.
Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me
Every time somebody speaks of my honesty, there is someone who quivers inside me.
Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult
Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.
After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion
After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.
You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade
You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.