"Murder begins where self-defense ends."

"The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries."

"The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom."

"Whoever finishes a revolution only halfway, digs his own grave."

"They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same."

"The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny."

"Your words smell of corpses."

"Raise your eyes and count the small gang of your oppressors who are only strong through the blood they suck from you and through your arms which you lend them unwillingly."

"We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us."

"There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined."

"The power of the people and the power of reason are one."

"Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!"

"One must love humanity in order to reach out into the unique essence of each individual: no one can be too low or too ugly."

"You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie."

"Love is a peculiar thing."

"Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children."

"I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living."

"Dying people often become childish."

"The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled."

"The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever."

"How many women does one need to sing the scale of love all the way up and down?"

"The world is chaos. Nothingness is the yet-to-be-born god of the world."

"The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday."

"A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast."

"Death is the most blessed dream."

"We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end."

"Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body."

"We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces."

"The statue of Freedom has not been cast yet, the furnace is hot, we can all still burn our fingers."