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I don’t think culture is something you can describe.

Often one postulates that a priori, all states are equally probable. This is not true in the world as we see it. This world is not correctly described by the physics which assumes this postulate.

I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

A cherub’s face, a reptile all the rest.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.