“Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.”
“I am a pure-blooded Polish nobleman without a single drop of bad blood – certainly not German blood.”
“In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.”
“One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.”
“Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.”
“The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.”