English tradition debars from dinner-table conversation almost all topics that might interest the conversers and insists upon strict adherence to banalities.
Elspeth HuxleyYou cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright.
Elspeth HuxleyTo deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if one does it well enough, in time one might even become an artist, the greatest illusionists of all.
Elspeth Huxley