There is no such thing as a naval dictatorship.
The words democracy, socialism, freedom, patriotic, realistic, justice have each of them several different meanings which cannot be reconciled with one another.
If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
Even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold.
It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children
In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning.