A court is like a scene, people want to see attractive people.
The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present.
Imagination is not enough. Knowledge is necessary.
In India nearly everybody spoke metaphorically except the English who spoke bluntly and could make their most transparent lies look honest as a consequence; whereas any truth contained in these metaphorical rigmaroles was so deviously presented that it looked devious itself.
Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.
English is the language of a people ho have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so often light-headed with with statements which appear to mean one thing one year and quite a different thing the next.
Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.
Even in the hardest circumstances, dreams can give you the courage to live, and I hope I can share that message with children in need.
Perfume must not be linked just to fashion because that means that one day it will go out of style.
I don't like kicking the ball a lot.
It's not like I idolize this one guy Machiavelli. I idolize that type of thinking where you do whatever's gonna make you achieve your goal.