"From where do you guys [the Russians] get the nerve? - From the long hard winter."

Always remember that to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline - training - is about. So train your mind to dwell on sweet perfumes, the touch of ( Read more... )

English courtship is essentially an elaborate face-saving game in which the primary object is not so much to find a sexual partner as to avoid offence and embarrassment.