The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.
A laughing Lear would be monstrous. Not so a laughing Romeo and Juliet.
Complainers rule out happiness, mentioning it only as something lost.
A work of art is an echo chamber which repeats what people say about it.
To a suicide: You just poisoned the wrong person.
Good advice is never as helpful as an interest-free loan.