Failure makes us envious. Success makes us greedy.
The sun cares nothing for illumination.
A laughing Lear would be monstrous. Not so a laughing Romeo and Juliet.
The beginning, middle, and end are parodied, reversed, and hidden by modernism, but not abandoned.
Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.
To be sexy, nudes need a little underwear.