The moon shone silver on the waters of the lake, and the waves beating on the shore were hardly equal in intensity to the waves of passion nearby. One ardent couple pulled apart long enough for the young man to whisper, "Darling, am I the first man to make love to you?" Her tone, when she answered, was irritated. "Of course you are," she said. "I don't know why you men always ask the same ridiculous question." Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man. Friedrich Nietzsche All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair. Edmund Burke He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. Friedrich Nietzsche The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. Friedrich Nietzsche