The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.