‘My good sir / Learn that every flatterer / Lives at the expense of the listener. This lesson is well worth an ‘outrage’ no doubt’...

"Similarly, in this almost stubborn desire to live a happy life at all costs, this call for open-mindedness is made frankly and with disconcerting ease, for ever greater simplicity and therefore happiness in life. Why complicate life? Why refuse or reject desires? What is the point of judging experiences and aspirations? Here, homosexuality suddenly seems so simple, so natural: 'I loved you even though I didn't like women'.