Diplomats lie with a heavy sense of destiny.
Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos.
Procrastination and impatience form a system of checks and balances.
Intelligence without power cannibalizes itself.
The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story: the prototype of the bore.
Consensus is usually made possible by vague language and shallow commitments.