文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时候是齐头并进的。
最好的艺术几乎是一种报道形式。
Freedom does not consist in any dreamt-of independence from natural laws, but in the knowledge of these laws, and in the possibility this gives of systematically making them work towards definite ends.
以这样奢侈的国君,去统治那些爱好奢侈的臣民,想要国家不动乱,是不可能的。
Silence can be a form of resistance.