Innovation violates tradition--attacks it in public and steals from it in private.

Now defined as art, the totem has lost cult, taboo, and custom.

Artistic inspiration ignores the law of supply and demand.

Life is struggle and sleep.

When a paradox is widely believed, it is no longer recognized as a paradox.

The supposed unhappiness of the rich is always a cheerful topic of conversation.

The morose one refuses to smile even when he has just had his teeth cleaned.