Realism absorbs the ideal by adding a few small imperfections. Example: it paints a few specks of mud on the white gown of the Lady in the Garden.
Reason is sight. Instinct is touch. Intuition is smell.
Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully
In the present age, a man with harmonious ideas is regarded as out of touch.
Duty is whatever opposes inclination.
In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.