Collection of phrases and quotes about culture.
Sovereign is the one who decides on the state of emergency.
The vulgar men have invented social life because it is easier for them to endure others than to endure themselves.
The rebellion is the original virtue of man.
The social instinct of men is not based on love for society, but on the fear of loneliness.
Although the world contains many decidedly bad things, the worst of all is society.
Religions, like fireflies, need darkness to shine.
Every nation mocks the others, and all are right
Every execrable fool, who has nothing in the world to be proud of, takes refuge in this final resort, of boasting about the nation to which he belongs by chance.
Television is a daughter of cinema that has turned out unruly and of bad habits.
The dependence of people on television is the most destructive fact of current civilization.
Television systematically destroys the distinction between normal and abnormal, because within its parameters, normal lacks sufficient interest and therefore always needs to be contrasted with an alternative. Its criteria are not the dissemination of values and principles, but rather to provoke the greatest impact.
If it is a duty to respect the rights of others, it is also a duty to maintain one's own.