“Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.”
“Wise politics is the art of invigorating society and weakening the State.”
“Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.”
“Lovemaking is the consolation for living in the body, just as art is the consolation for living in the world.”
“The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.”
“Art is to console those who are broken by life.”