Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.
A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.
Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them.
Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.
A great many political speeches are literary parricides; they kill their fathers.
A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.