People will forgive most anything, save being incredibly intelligent,
charming, witty, handsome or having a very deep genuine modesty. These are
the reasons I don't have all that many friends.
It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what
they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed
that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so
much -- the wheel, New York wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins
had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time....