An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most effectiveform of resistance: contemptuous compliance.

Pity, but never love bestows kind words upon the slave.

Disregard for the consequences and for right and wrong nowadays passes as energy.

The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.

A heart that overflows may seek out merrymaking and boisterous festivities to quietly rejoice, unnoticed amidst the reveling crowds.

In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.

Those whom the gods chose as their property must not consort with mortals.