Quotes by Bataille, Georges

The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and >>

Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things. >>

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sa >>

Quotations about Judgment and Judges

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken. >>

When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you >>

We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward ma >>

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.

Bataille, Georges