On An Exhausted Field, Only Weeds Grow.

Tell Me,' Asked Stas, 'what Is A Wicked Deed?' 'if Anyone Takes Away Kali's Cow,' He Answered After A Brief Reflection, 'that Then Is A Wicked Deed.' 'excellent!' Exclaimed Stas, 'and What Is A Good One?' This Time The Answer Came Without Any Reflection: 'if Kali Takes Away The Cow Of Somebody Else, That Is A Good Deed.' Stas Was Too Young To Perceive That Similar Views Of Evil And Good Deeds Were Enunciated In Europe Not Only By Politicians But By Whole Nations.

There Is Probably No Greater Idler Than Myself. And I Would Consider Myself A Lazy-bones If I Did Not Write So Many Volumes, And If I Did Not Admire My Diligence Once I Begin Writing.

I Consider That In Dialectics I Am The Equal Of Socrates. As To Women, I Agree That Each Has Three Or Four Souls, But None Of Them A Reasoning One.

The Sky Is One Whole, The Water Another; And Between Those Two Infinities The Soul Of Man Is In Loneliness.

I Know That Even The Meanest Person Has Still At His Disposition High-sounding Words Wherewith To Mask His Real Character.