The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt OutAge had not made him less handsome, as is so often the case; it had simply made him less visible.
The Museum of InnocenceTo make someone wait: the constant prerogative of all power, "age-old pastime of humanity".
A Lover's Discourse: FragmentsJustice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception.
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century