“the useful is the noble and the hurtful is the base”

“We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble.”

“Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use.”

“Since art is considered a noble field, art should be used to promote all that is good and noble, and in a noble fashion.”

“Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men.Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.”

“Base words are uttered only by the baseAnd can for such at once be understood;But noble platitudes — ah, there's a caseWhere the most careful scrutiny is neededTo tell a voice that's genuinely goodFrom one that's base but merely has succeeded.”