Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.
The noble style immobilizes its subjects.
Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.
Ideologies can survive hostility, but not indifference.
Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.
Blackmail is one of the great pastimes of family life.