“The fault lies not with the mob, who demands nonsense, but with those who do not know how to produce anything else.”
“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.”
“those which are produced from causes are not produced. they do not have an inherent nature of production. those which depend on causes are said to be empty; those who know emptiness are aware.”
“Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.”
“The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones.”
“How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.”