Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.
If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other.
The barometer that shows "variable" is an ironic indictment of God.
To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.
Those who are scandalized by a naked body--thinks the Devil--are easy prey: they are already doomed.
You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies.