Realism absorbs the ideal by adding a few small imperfections. Example: it paints a few specks of mud on the white gown of the Lady in the Garden.
Love begins with an image; lust with a sensation.
The cow's point of view deserves more literary attention.
Pride sings and dances; humility sighs.
The trouble with the young people today is that it is they who are young.
The routines of tourism are even more monotonous than those of daily life.