The first problem for all of us$$$ men and women$$$ is not to learn but to unlearn.

You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues...And you know it don't come easy.

Peace is not the absence of war$$$ it is a virtue$$$ a state of mind$$$ a disposition of benevolence$$$ confidence$$$ justice.

You can build the Empire State Building. Train the Prussian army. Elevate the hierarchy of a totalitarian state higher than the throne of the Most High. But there are still people whose moral superiority defeats your own.

Art isn't a matter of 'what' but of 'how'.

Just as King Midas turned everything to gold$$$ Stalin turned everything to mediocrity.

Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.

For what is a man$$$ what has he got. If not himself$$$ then he has naught.

Am I to be thought the only criminal$$$ when all humankind sinned against me?

I am satisfied: miserable wretch! you have determined to live$$$ and I am satisfied.