Optimism And Self-pity Are The Positive And

Civilization Is An Active Deposit Which Is Formed By The Combustion Of The Present With The Past. Neither In Countries Without A Present Nor In Those Without A Past Is It To Be Encountered. Proust In Venice, Matisse's Birdcages Overlooking The Flower Market At Nice, Gide On The Seventeenth-century Quais Of Toulon, Lorca In Granada, Picasso By Saint-germain-des-prés: There Lies Civilization And For Me It Can Exist Only Under Those Liberal Regimes In Which The Present Is Alive And Therefore Capable Of Assimilating The Past.

There Is No Pain Equal To That Which Two Lovers Can Inflict On One Another.

Vulgarity Is The Garlic In The Salad Of Charm.

M Is For Marx And Clashing Of Classes And Movement Of Masses And Massing Of Asses.

Obesity Is A Mental State, A Disease Brought On By Boredom And Disappointment.