Strict rules of evidence would destroy psychoanalysis and literary criticism.
Complainers rule out happiness, mentioning it only as something lost.
Cynicism has its own zealots.
Technique bridges among ideas, and sometimes generates them.
Unlike the ambiguity of life, the ambiguity of language does reach a limit.
The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win.