Sage Advice

Answers compiled by Kelly Jane Torrance, who also composed the questions.

I might be the most famous liar in American history. Everyone remembers that I said, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” - and then had to admit I did. Now the airwaves are abuzz with news that I lied about that affair in grand-jury testimony as well.

I said it before, and I’ll say it again: I still don’t get what all the fuss is about. What does it matter if I lied about a private, sexual matter?

- Bill Clinton

Dear Bill,

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt to be dangerous.

- Alfred Adler

Our marriage has officially come to an end. The divorce papers are final. What we’re trying to figure out is why we got married in the first place. He’s a wannabe player who looks anything but. And all of America has discussed her signature style, otherwise known as a train wreck of a hairdo. What were we thinking?

- The Gosselins

Dear Jon and Kate,

Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

As everyone knows, my girlfriend, Reese Witherspoon, and I broke up. I wanted to get married; she didn’t. I guess she’s reluctant after her first husband left her for another woman.

But I’m different. I really felt we were soul mates. And I did my best to agree to all her rules. They were tough, though - absolutely no swearing, shoes off in the house and take the garbage out when the can is three-quarters full. But what do these things matter when you really love someone?

- Jake Gyllenhaal

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