[Unser Leben] ist unüberwindlich verworren nur dann, wen man an sich denkt; aber in dem Augenblick, wo man nicht an sich denkt, sondern sich fragt, wie man einem anderen helfen könne, ist es sehr einfach.
I have believed the best of every man, and find that to believe it is enough to make a bad man show him at his best or even a good man swing his lantern higher.
And wasn't it this bright boy you selected for beating and tortures after hours? Of course it was. We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are h...
I know positively - yes Rieux I can say I know the world inside out as no one on earth is free from it. And I know too that we must keep endless watch on ourselves lest in careless moment we breathe in somebody's face and fasten the infection on him....
As a boy, Ogion like all boys had thought it would be a very pleasant game to take by art-magic whatever shape one liked, man or beast, tree or cloud, and so to play at a thousand beings. But as a wizard he had learned the price of the game, which is...
I know positively… that each of us has the plague within him; no one, no one on earth, is free from it. And I know, too, that we must keep endless watch on ourselves lest in a careless moment we breathe in somebody’s face and fasten the infection...
A little man often cast a long shadow.
A learned man without work is a cloud without rain.
Let the man who has suffered ask it -- not the man who has travelled.
The joy of a poor man does not last long.
Every man assumes the colors of his surroundings.
The wise man and the tortoise travel but never leave their home.
Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.
A happy man does not hear the clock strike.
Every man is the guardian of his own honor.
Every man is the king of his own beard.
If there is a rich man in the area three villages are ruined.
Every man is a prince in his own bed.
Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.
If a poor man finds a penny, it is probably a false one.
