Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them.

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The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion...

The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion...

It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to...

It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to...

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and...

Hollywood... was the place where the United States perpetrated itself as a universal dream and...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside...

A book is simply the container of an idea like a bottle; what is inside...

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order...

If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the...

If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the...

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman...

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman...

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

A day without an argument is like an egg without salt.

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of...

This dance was the dance of death. [The clowns] danced it for the wretched of...

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

Pornography is a satire on human pretensions.

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything...

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator....

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of...

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of...

That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be...

That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be...

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

It shone on everyone, whether they had a contract or not. The most democratic thing...

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a...

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many?