History Is The Long, Difficult And Confused

A Man Who Has Not Enough Originality To Think Out A New Title For His Book Will Be Much Less Capable Of Giving It New Contents.

Man Is The Only Animal Who Causes Pain To Others With No Other Object Than Wanting To Do So.

Freedom Of The Press Is To The Machinery Of The State What The Safety Valve Is To The Steam Engine.

What Give All That Is Tragic, Whatever Its Form, The Characteristic Of The Sublime, Is The First Inkling Of The Knowledge That The World And Life Can Give No Satisfaction, And Are Not Worth Our Investment In Them. The Tragic Spirit Consists In This. Accordingly It Leads To Resignation.

Mankind Cannot Get On Without A Certain Amount Of Absurdity.