It Is Rather Hard And Certainly Depressing

Poets Are The Only People To Whom Love Is Not Only A Crucial, But An Indispensable Experience, Which Entitles Them To Mistake It For A Universal One.

The Only Grandeur Of Imperialism Lies In The Nation's Losing Battle Against It.

The Heritage Of The American Revolution Is Forgotten, And The American Government, For Better And For Worse, Has Entered Into Theheritage Of Europe As Though It Were Its Patrimony--unaware, Alas, Of The Fact That Europe's Declining Power Was Preceded And Accompanied By Political Bankruptcy, The Bankruptcy Of The Nation-state And Its Concept Of Sovereignty.

Only The Hypocrite Is Really Rotten To The Core.

It Is In The Nature Of A Group And Its Power To Turn Against Independence, The Property Of Individual Strength.