Monday, January 08, 2007

Public Shock

Edgar Watson Howe: "Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public."


7 comments:

  1. Here's another one of those quotes, to which I can add absolutely NOTHING! It's self-explaining, simple, and TRUE! So I'm going to stop attempting to add on to it, now...

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  2. Brilliant.

    I would only add the word "done"...

    Most people have DONE worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.

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  3. Yeah, done. I seldom admit the dirty deeds I have done in private, but at least I seldom pretend to be shocked by what I observe in public.

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  4. I wonder why I immediately thought "Bill Clinton" after reading your quote, Ron ? ;)

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  5. That's just part of the Great Hypocrisy, I think.

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