I do not seek, I find.
It is the fool's misfortune to fail in obtaining the position, the employment, the neighbourhood, and the circle of friends that suit him.
Then donʼt conclude that what is not beautiful is ugly or what is not good is bad.
My spirit yearns for action, my breath for freedom.
The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
In every undertaking we must keep the outcome in mind.
Eloquence is a painting of thought.
Ethics and aesthetics are one and the same.
It seems that perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Cinema is the form of modern writing whose ink is light.
If I were not king, I should lose my temper.
Of all the human sciences, the science of man is the most worthy.
Each man must invent his own path.
Existence precedes essence.
With most people the heart grows old with the body.
I was allowed free run of the library and I stormed human wisdom.
Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity.
There is only one vice of which no-one boasts - ingratitude.
Illusions fall away, like the peels of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience.
War is sweet to those who have no experience of it, but the experienced man trembles exceedingly at heart on its approach.
A theory which is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific. Irrefutability is not a virtue of a theory (as people often think) but a vice.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.
In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
But who will guard the guardians?
Article XVI – Any society in which the guarantee of rights is not assured, nor the separation of powers determined, has no Constitution.
Article XV – The society has the right of requesting account from any public agent of its administration.
Article XIV – Each citizen has the right to ascertain, by himself or through his representatives, the need for a public tax, to consent to it freely, to know the uses to which it is put, and of determining the proportion, basis, collection, and duration.
Article XIII – For the maintenance of the public force and for the expenditures of administration, a common contribution is indispensable; it must be equally distributed between all the citizens, according to their ability to pay.
Article XII – The guarantee of the rights of man and of the citizen necessitates a public force: this force is thus instituted for the advantage of all and not for the particular utility of those in whom it is trusted.
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