Unlike the ambiguity of life, the ambiguity of language does reach a limit.
Asceticism and celibacy can conceal many incapacities.
The madness of love can always be suspended--to cook dinner or catch a plane, for instance.
The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.
As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.
The Insignificance of Man is a congenial theme; my own insignificance is a sore point.