A war regarded as inevitable or even probable, and therefore much prepared for, has a very good chance of eventually being fought.
Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.
Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
... and the very folds of the curtains contained secrets and sighs.
Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves.
I am like a snake who has already bitten. I retreat from a direct battle while knowing the slow effect of the poison.