“Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.”

“If I were in their place, I’d fall over myself.”

“I am neither virgin nor priest enough to play with the inner life.”

“That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst.”

“Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”

“Tout existant naît sans raison, se prolonge par faiblesse et meurt par rencontre.”

“Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty - their power and privilege - to State, Masses, Mankind, Planet Earth, or whatever. This state, those masses, that mankind, and the planet will then be run by . . . politicians.”