What generally passes for 'thought' among the majority of mankind is the time one takes out to rearrange one's prejudices.
You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a Christian life in a democratic world.
I don't have any warm personal enemies. All the SOBs have died.
If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily.
Nature abhors a virgin - a frozen asset.
Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts.