We Are All Under Sentence Of Death,

Art Needs No Spur Beyond Itself.

Let Us Study Things That Are No More. It Is Necessary To Understand Them, If Only To Avoid Them.

To Sum Up All, Let It Be Known That Science And Religion Are Two Identical Words. The Learned Do Not Suspect This, No More Do The Religious. These Two Words Express The Two Sides Of The Same Fact, Which Is The Infinite. Religion-science, This Is The Future Of The Human Mind.

Genius Is Rare Because The Means Of Becoming One Have Not Been Available

If He Had Had All Peru In His Pocket, He Would Certainly Have Given It To This Dancer; But Gringoire Had Not Peru In His Pocket; And Besides, America Was Not Yet Discovered. (p. 66)