Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.
Pornography does not inspire violence, but you can break a leg trying to imitate it.
We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.
To avoid doing anything, wait for the right circumstances.
Without the blessing of cowardice, the world would long since have been torn to bits.
Weakness is a better teacher than strength. Weakness must learn to understand the obstacles that strength brushes aside.