“If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses.”

“Real geniuses would like that what we think of ourselves is true.”

“If we were to understand how important it is to say something and say it well, maybe we wouldn’t write a single word, but that would be tragic.”

“We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit.”

“If an ancient man saw planes two thousand years ago He would've thought they were birds Or angels from another world Or messengers from other planets.”

“If you could have walked on the planet before humans lived here, maybe the Ivory Coast would have seemed more beautiful than La Côte d'Azur.”

“Long ago we conquered our passions looking at ourselves in the mirror of eternity.”