Proverbial wisdom counsels against risk and change. But sitting ducks fare worst of all.
Now defined as art, the totem has lost cult, taboo, and custom.
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.
The young have stolen our youthfulness, and flaunt it without shame.
Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.
Respectability is joining chastity in the museum of dead issues.