I envy you if you're able to sustain a uniform degree of interest throughout Ulysses.People are always saying they do. People also claim to be clairvoyant and to levitate.

-Bowles, Paul Frederick
  Letter to Millicent Dillon,1  Jul.

La haine est toujours plus clairvoyante et plus inge¤  nieuse que l'amitie¤  . Hate is always more clairvoyant and ingenious than friendship.

-Laclos, Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de
  Les Liaisons dangereuses, letter113.