The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer. – C.C. Colton, “Preface,” Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed To Those
Im not angry, Im not an angry person, but I do sometimes like playing with the perception of anger, as in pretending that Im more angry than I actually am, and sometimes it works quite well. – Calvin Harris