Self-pity dries up our sympathy for others.
Change is upsetting. Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation!
Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.
Profusion gives pleasure up to a point; then we become squeamish.
Man invented the gods. Then the gods went off on their own, but not far.
Disobedient parents are a great trouble to their children.