"To be ashamed of what you were about to say, to pretend that something which you had meant seriously was only a joke--this is an ignoble part. But it is better than not to be ashamed at all. And the distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuthhounds conceive....When a boor first enters the society of courteous people what can he do, for a while, except imitate the motions? How can he learn except by imitation?"
~C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy~
more people should get this.
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