Epigrams and Interludes (Part 4)

He who fights with monsters... when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.

Insanity in individuals is something rare--but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

I have done that, says my memory. I cannot have done that--says my pride... Eventually memory yields.

The sage as astronomer.--As long as you still feel the stars as something above you...