Art isn't a matter of 'what' but of 'how'. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Surely people should eventually cease to be surprised at anything? And yet they continue to be.

It is almost always impossible to evaluate at the time events which you have already experienced, and to understand their meaning with the guidance of their effects. All the more unpredictable and surprising to us will be the course of future events.

No, the old proverb does not lie: Look for the brave in prison, and the stupid among the political leaders!