To Love An Idea Is To Love

The Least One Can Say Of Power Is That A Vocation For It Is Suspicious.

In Politics, Yesterday's Lie Is Attacked Only To Flatter Today's.

We Must Watch Over Our Modesty In The Presence Of Those Who Cannot Understand Its Grounds.

A Body Of Work Such As Pasteur's Is Inconceivable In Our Time: No Man Would Be Given A Chance To Create A Whole Science. Nowadays A Path Is Scarcely Opened Up When The Crowd Begins To Pour In.

We Bestow On Others Praise In Which We Do Not Believe, On Condition That In Return They Bestow Upon Us Praise In Which We Do.