“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.”
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.
