What Is An Editor But A Cross

History Is A Priori Amoral; It Has No Conscience.

The Revolutions Of Thought Which Shape The Basic Outlook Of An Age Are Not Disseminated Through Text-books- They Spread Like Epidemics, Through Contamination By Invisible Agents And Innocent Germ Carriers, By The Most Varied Forms Of Contact, Or Simply By Breathing The Common Air.

To Want To Meet An Author Because You Like His Books Is As Ridiculous As Wanting To Meet The Goose Because You Like Pate De Foie Gras.

The Moment Of Truth, The Sudden Emergence Of A New Insight, Is An Act Of Intuition.

The Principle That The End Justifies The Means Is And Remains The Only Rule Of Political Ethics; Anything Else Is Just A Vague Chatter And Melts Away Between One’s Fingers.