Sexual attraction makes the strangest bedfellows of all.
A laughing Lear would be monstrous. Not so a laughing Romeo and Juliet.
Middle-aged adolescents are a libel on the real thing.
Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one's behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.
Progress may feel more like loss than gain.
The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness.