Nothing is more horrible than my self in the mirror of hysteria. Nothing is more vulgar than my style in the hands of another. Toimitate me is to punish me.
It is a mystery to me how a theologian can be praised for having brought himself to disbelieve dogmas. I've always thought that those who have brought themselves to believe in dogmas merit the true recognition owing a heroic deed.
I would have stage-fright if I had to speak with every one of the people before whom I speak.
When I take up my pen, nothing can happen to me. Fate, remember that.
Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear.
A pun, though despicable in itself, can be the noblest vehicle of an artistic intention by serving as the abbreviation of a wittyview. It can be a social criticism in the form of an epigram.
"A cigar," said the altruist, "a cigar, my good man, I cannot give you. But any time you need a light, just come around; mine is always lit."
What do people have against convicts? Is living together in the pen of freedom, where young people engage in mutual psychology, any more beautiful?
An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.
That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had even less business there--and paying him royalties is equivalent to cheating the actors.
Prussia: freedom of movement with a muzzle. Austria: an isolation cell in which screaming is allowed.
Christianity has enriched the erotic meal with the appetizer of curiosity and spoiled it with the dessert of remorse.
An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord.
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