Callous Greed Grows Pious Very Fast.

Intellectuals Can Tell Themselves Anything, Sell Themselves Any Bill Of Goods, Which Is Why They Were So Often Patsies For The Ruling Classes In 19th-century France And England, Or 20th-century Russia And America.

Old Paint On Canvas, As It Ages, Sometimes Becomes Transparent. When That Happens It Is Possible, In Some Pictures, To See The Original Lines: A Tree Will Show Through A Woman's Dress, A Child Makes Way For A Dog, A Large Boat Is No Longer On An Open Sea. That Is Called Pentimento Because The Painter 'repented', Changed His Mind. Perhaps It Would Be As Well To Say That The Old Conception, Replaced By A Later Choice, Is A Way Of Seeing And Then Seeing Again.

How Often The Rich Like To Play At Being Poor. A Rather Nasty Game, I've Always Thought.

People Always Sound So Proud When They Announce They Know Nothing Of Music.

There Are People Who Eat The Earth And Eat All The People On It Like In The Bible With The Locusts. And Other People Who Stand Around And Watch Them Eat.