When courtesy fails, be nasty, brutish, and short.
Tales of adultery are much improved by period costumes.
Mild brown eyes beckon me to the past, but memory provides no clue.
Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque.
No use saying necessity is making a mistake.
The same old thing--even if it's champagne--is still the same old thing.