Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.
Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.
In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.
Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.
Without asceticism, self-indulgence would be insignificant.