Faith prefers the absurd to the plausible.
Matter-of-fact descriptions make the improbable seem real.
I feel that I have something significant to say, but I cannot think what it is.
Glamour looks eloquent but seldom talks.
The aphorism wants to be at the same time both main line and off beat.
Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one's behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.