Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life.

If there is ever another war in Europe$$$ it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

You scoundrel$$$ "you have wronged me$$$" hissed the philosopher$$$ "May you live forever!"

Epitaph: An inscription on a tomb$$$ showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.

Enthusiasm: A distemper of youth$$$ curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience.

Bacchus: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

Revolution: In politics$$$ an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Nihilist: A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.