in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
There are no lower or higher or median moralities. There is only one morality, and it is precisely the one that was given to us during the time of Jesus Christ.
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Country acquaintances are charming only in the country and only in the summer. In the city in winter they lose half of their appeal.
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I can't accept "our nervous age," since mankind has been nervous during every age. Whoever fears nervousness should turn into a sturgeon or smelt; if a sturgeon makes a stupid mistake, it can only be one: to end up on a hook, and then in a pan in a pastry shell.
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A man who doesn't drink is not, in my opinion, fully a man.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
You look at any poetic creature: muslin, ether, demigoddess, millions of delights; then you look into the soul and find the most ordinary crocodile!
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One must speak about serious things seriously.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Moods)
I would like to be a free artist and nothing else, and I regret God has not given me the strength to be one.
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Who but a stupid barbarian could burn so much beauty in his stove and destroy that which he cannot make?
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Books)
Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.
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When we retreat to the country, we are hiding not from people, but from our pride, which, in the city and among people, operates unfairly and immoderately.
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