It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.
A small number of choice books are sufficient.
The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.
I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened.