No dignity without distance.
My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I am merely being witty.
The hero used to be the one in white. Now he is harder to spot.
Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.
We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.
God makes the covenant, and observes it as He pleases.