I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.
It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
The victor belongs to the spoils.
You can stroke people with words.
Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.