Suffering Teaches Us Only That We Suffer.

In New Situations, I Look Carefully At Appearances. In Familiar Ones, I Glance.

The Idealist Regards Facts As Provisional.

Smiling Half-reluctance Seems To Promise More Than The Frankest Gesture Of Desire.

Cats Are Inquisitive, But Hate To Admit It.

Realism Absorbs The Ideal By Adding A Few Small Imperfections. Example: It Paints A Few Specks Of Mud On The White Gown Of The Lady In The Garden.