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That all men are equal is a proposition to which at ordinary times no sane individual has ever given his assent.

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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

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What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

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Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.

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Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

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One can’t have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for. You’re paying for it, Mr. Watson - paying because you happen to be too much in...more

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I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness.

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Universal happiness keeps the wheels steadily turning; truth and beauty can't. And, of course, whenever the masses seized political power, then it was...more

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An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood.

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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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Sex can be used either for self-affirmation or for self-transcendence — either to intensify the ego and consolidate the social persona by some kind of...more