Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
I was dominated, soul, brain, and power by you. You became to me the visible incarnation of that unseen ideal whose memory haunts us artists like an exquisite dream.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.