When art dresses itself in the most worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.
The spiritual activity of millennia is deposited in language.
If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you.
Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough morsels to swallow.