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I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.

Men are fantastic - as a concept.

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.