It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
Justice seeks no reward.
Justice without power is inefficient; power without justice is tyranny.
Be humanity evermore our goal.
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Criticism is easy, and art is difficult.
There is no justice in putting strength on a level above wisdom.
Fashion fades, only style remains the same.
Idiots: Those who do not think like us.
Every attraction is reciprocal.
It is valid to conclude from actuality to possibility, but not from possibility to actuality.
Where there is much light, the shadow is deep.
Matter remains, and form is lost.
A free man thinks of nothing less than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation, not on death, but on life.
May all men remember that they are brothers!
Nothing can come of nothing.
Music is noise that thinks.
He who knows the art of living with oneself ignores boredom.
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.
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