Literature may be false, but it is not trivial.
Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
Blackmail is one of the great pastimes of family life.
Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged.
A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.
In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.