Striving toward a goal puts a more pleasing construction on our advance toward death.
The nudes of art are not so distant from pornography as prudish pedants pretend.
The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.
Losing gracefully is commended but never chosen.
With decrepitude, longevity has overshot the mark.
Wallace Stevens: the Platonist celebrates endless change, but with regret.