It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making light of any great difficulties or grief's that may beset us.
Max Beerbohm"After all," as a pretty girl once said to me, "women are a sex by themselves, so to speak."
Max BeerbohmReverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.
Max Beerbohm