Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.
The writer considers sayability before anything else.
In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.
When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.
Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China.