“The thing to do with a silly remark is to fail to hear it.”
“Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”
“Certainly silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”
“I do not know whether it ought to be so, but certain silly things cease to be silly if done by sensible people in an imprudent way.”
“Romance makes people forget themselves, do silly things”
“Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so.”