Alfred CapusThinkers

Art is impossible without vice — idleness is the mother of all vices, but vice is the father of all arts.

Clarity is not the same as transparency — In literature and in life, one should be clear, but one shouldn't be transparent.

Evidence is sometimes as good as proof — One swallow does not make a summer, but one camel makes a desert.

Exploitation is natural — Fools have always been exploited, and that is justice. The day they cease to be exploited, they will triumph, and the world will be lost.

Forgiveness is to be granted to women but not men — In the forgiveness of a woman, there is virtue, but in that of a man, there is vice.

The Frenchman is one who sees tow kinds of enemies as equally dangerous: those who break the laws and those who observe them rigorously.

Journalism is the primary school of diplomacy.

Life is a long concern about money.

Luck is the ability to instantly adapt to the unexpected.

Modem dance is no longer dance, it's decadence.