All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called 'Facts'. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.
Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind or imagined from tales publicly allowed, is religion; not allowed, superstition.
Covenants without swords are but words.
If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
The reputation of power IS power.
It's not the pace of life I mind. It's the sudden stop at the end.