A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.