Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.
From Jean Rostand
God, that dumping ground of our dreams.
I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.
The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.
To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.
I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void.
We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.
Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.
It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed.
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