"... combien le coeur de l'homme de guerre serait plus léger encore dans sa poitrine, s'il sentait en lui deux hommes, dont l'un obéirai à l'autre; s'il savait qu'après son rôle tout rigoureux dans la guerre il aurait droit à un grade déterminé, il avait droits d'élections; si, après avoir été longtemps muet dans les champs, il avait sa voix dans la Cité; s'il était exécuteur, dans l'une, des lois qu'il aurait faites dans l'autre, et si, pour voiler le sang de l'épée, il avait la toge. Or, il n'est pas impossible que tout cela n'advienne un jour".
ALFRED DE VIGNY - Servitude et Grandeur Militaires, cap. I, Livro II.
"... nem a alma de um homem é tão estreita que não caibam nela coisas contrárias..."
MACHADO DE ASSIS
"A striving for admiration may be a powerful motor toward achievement, or toward developing qualities which are socially desirable or which make a person lovable, but it involves the danger that everything will be done with both eyes on the effect it has on others. An individual of this type chooses a woman not for her own sake but because her conquest would flatter him or add to his prestige. A piece of work is done not for its own sake but for the impression it might make. Brilliancy becomes more important than substance. Hence the danger that superficiality, showmanship, opportunism will choke productivity. Even if the individual succeeds in winning prestige this way, he rightly f eels that it cannot last, though he is hot aware of the reasons for his uneasiness about it. The only available means for silencing his uneasiness is to reinforce the narcissistic trends: to chase for more success and to build up more inflated notions about himself. Sometimes a baffling capacity is developed to transform shortcomings and failures into something glorious. If his writings are not recognized sufficiently it is because he is far ahead of his time; if he cannot get along with his family or friends it is because of their shortcomings. -"
"Concept of Narcissism", in New Ways Psychoanalysis, de KAREN HORNEY.
"A fatalidade das revoluções é que sem os exaltados não é possível fazê-las e com êles é impossível governar".
JOAQUIM NABUCO
