Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself. |
Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle. |
Good parties create a temporary youthfulness. |
I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards. |
General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others. |
Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth. |
Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise. |
Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed. |
The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past. |
People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art. |
The time I kill is killing me. |
Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity. |
An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie. |
As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance. |
Listening to people keeps them entertained. |
After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means. |
Money: power at its most liquid. |
Romantics consider common sense vulgar. |
Never try to leap from a standstill. |
When sages commend excess, Desire is sick. |