The greatest intelligence is precisely the one tha — André Gide

[ In response to being asked who was the greatest nineteenth-century poet :] Hugo,—hélas! To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it. Everything has been said before; but since nobody listens, we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. Benjamin Franklin No one loves the man whom he fears. Aristóteles Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. Oscar Wilde