An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.
Pride sings and dances; humility sighs.
I tried self-sacrifice a couple of times in my youth.
Saying "I feel guilty" is a mere form of words. Saying "I feel ashamed" is not.
If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity.
Living too long exacts a painful price.