An incompetent traitor is no danger. It is rather the capable men who must be watched. [197]
It is an affair of a romantic idiot; but even a romantic idiot can be a
deadly when an unromantic rebel uses him as a tool. [198]
[I] would remind you that there is a difference between boldness and blindness. [209]
Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate itself in empty phrases. [259]
The thanks of a weak one are of but little value. [259]
The mistiness of the distance hides the truth [312]
But if you're going to pretend you're nineteen, Arcadia, what will you
do when you're twenty-five and all the boys think you're thirty? [407]
[H]e used to say that only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed. [415]
He also said that nothing had to be true, but everything had to sound true. [415/6]
The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise. [419]
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