Diplomats lie with a heavy sense of destiny.
Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The Lover runs away.
Lies and promises are necessary but not sufficient.
Work at first rescues us, then ravages us.
A fastidious taste is best indoors, away from nature and the city.
Scholars dream of finding small facts pregnant with great progeny.