If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another.
All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
Travelers learn not just foreign customs and curious cuisines and unfamiliar beliefs and novel forms of government. They learn, if they are lucky, humility.
The balls used in top class games are generally smaller than those used in others.
Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends.