 The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. |
| Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom. |
| When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. |
| War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war. |
| It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion. |
| Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. |
| Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. |
| We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal. |
| The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. |
| Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear. |
| If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. |
| Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. |
| History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. |
| I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. |
| Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. |
