People
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.
— Oscar Wilde • A Woman of No Importance
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Here, a good meal works like a small amnesty. Once everyone is fed and warm, grudges lose some of their bite, and even relatives, the people most likely to test us, seem easier to forgive. The joke is that forgiveness may owe more to dinner than to virtue.
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