I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress. РAndr̩ Gide
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. РAndr̩ Gide
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. РAndr̩ Gide
Colonial system, public debts, heavy taxes, protection, commercial wars, etc., these offshoots of the period of manufacture swell to gigantic proportions during the period of infancy of large-scale industry. The birth of the latter is celebrated by a vast, Hero-like slaughter of the innocents. – Karl Marx