six-and-sevenness

Updated: May 17, 2025

The only difference is that, as sugar happens to be sweet and vinegar sour, an organisation which perceives the reverse is at sixes and sevens with the universe, or a bit of the universe; and, exactly to the extent to which this six-and-sevenness prevails, is likely to be mulcted of some of the universe's good things.

Vernon Lee - Laurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and Life