A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.