You Don't Want To Look Too Chic

The More Skillful The Performance Of False Cheer, The More Pleasing The Effect Is Upon One's Public And On That Private Audience To Whom One Owes Even More.

In Its Natural State, The Child Tells The Literal Truth Because It Is Too Naive To Think Of Anything Else. Blurting Out The Complete Truth Is Considered Adorable In The Young, Right Smack Up To The Moment That The Child Says, 'mommy, Is This The Fat Lady You Can't Stand?

Part Of The Skill Of Saying No Is To Shut Up Afterward And Not Babble On, Offering Material For An Argument.

[after The Death Of A Loved One] It Is When There Is Nothing More To Be Done That The Reality Of The Loss Often Hits With Full Force.

You Think Death Is Any Better An Excuse For Desertion Than Any Other?