It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!
"I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane.".
"It never is, sir."
"Lane, you're a perfect pessimist."
"I do my best to give satisfaction, sir."
"Do you know it is nearly seven?"
"Oh! It always is nearly seven."
"Well, I'm hungry."
Only relatives, or creditors, ever ring in that Wagnerian manner.
There is no use speculating on that subject. Divorces are made in Heaven
One must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.
Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to die.
When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me.
I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.
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