My correspondence has certainly the charm of variety, and the humbler are usually the more interesting. This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.

Arthur Conan Doyle

Stichwörter: lies parties society sherlock-holmes letters boredom dishonesty correspondence pretense white-lies invitations dinners social-gatherings

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Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for.

E.A. Bucchianeri

Stichwörter: humor freedom democracy funny freedom-of-speech humorous rights ironic political-correctness dinner sad-but-true table-manners gadfly ettiquette dinners being-polite dinner-conversation

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