Good but Impossible Advice?

“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.” – Will Rogers

OK, I know, that one reaches way, way back. And I also have to confess that I found it today on a source so pedestrian I’m almost embarrassed to admit it, but I will anyway: Google’s “Quote of the Day” feature. But hey, it’s still a great quote, and one that suggests a standard so incredibly high I doubt any of us could say, “Yeah, I’m comfortable with that.”