"The great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are."
— Niccolò Machiavelli, from “The Prince", originally published c. 1532.
I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating.
- Jean-Paul Sartre
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
- Samuel Beckett
Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.
- Charles Baudelaire
