O what a heaven is love! O what a hell!

A mask of gold hides all deformities

There are plenty of things that are wrong. Marxists used to use the term "false consciousness," which is very out of fashion these days. If we were to ask people how ads work, most people would say, "They work by tricking people but they don't trick me."

To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with
reverence for the opportunities it contains; to approach my work with a clean
mind; to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the Ultimate
Purpose toward which I am working; to meet men and women with laughter on my
lips and love in my heart; to be gentle, kind, and courteous through all the
hours; to approach the night with weariness that ever woos sleep and the joy
that comes from work well done -- this is how I desire to waste wisely my days.

I cannot win the time trial of the world championships at my age,

Were there no women, men might live like gods