The educated can listen impassively to almost anything.
I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.
Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?
The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.
Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?