“Art is rarely intelligible to the criminal classes.”
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
“we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others”
“As it was, we always misunderstood ourselves and rarely understood others. Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
“It is sweet to dance to violinsWhen love and life are fair:To dance to flutes, to dance to lutesIs delicate and rare: But it is not sweet with nimble feet To dance upon the air!”
“Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.”