The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.

Life's a journey, not a destination.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.