I May Be Stupid, As You Say,

The Truth. Men Will Blind Themselves With Hot Irons, Rather Than Face It.

The Very Odd Thing About Sagas ... Is That They Very Rarely Mention Dry Mouths And Full Bladders.

We Are Full Of Dreams [...] We Long For The Unattainable. We Believe In The Nonsense Of Fables. There Is No Pure Love; There Is Lust And There Is Need.

Our Souls Are But Leaves In A Storm, And Only The Gods Know Where We Will Come To Rest.

Our Modern World, Though Infinitely More Complex Than That Of Ancient Greece, Is Also Far More Superficial. Where The Greeks Offered Simple Psychological Training, We Live In An Age Of Style And Spin In Which Perceptions Of Good And Evil Slither And Shift With The Political View Of The Moment.