Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.
Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.
Is there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon?
As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases.
A life without tragedy would not be worth living.
England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country.