Beauty is the promise of happiness. - Stendhal

La seule excuse de Dieu c’est qu’il n’existe pas

(Dio ha una sola scusa, quella di non esistere)

Nothing is so odious to the mediocre as mental superiority. There lies the source of hatred in the world of today.

There is no such thing as "natural law": this expression is nothing but old nonsense... Prior to laws, what is natural is only the strength of the lion, or the need of the creature suffering from hunger or cold, in short, need.