The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.