As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them.
The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
Authority is conferred by position, not character.
The life of pleasure breeds boredom. The life of duty breeds resentment.
A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel.
We do justice coldly, injustice hotly.