We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction after all has to make sense.

In wartime truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them bear them breed and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we lest they their rights should lose Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.

I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust.

Apart from a few simple principles the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears.

It's good to have a manager who shares your interests or goals. You can presumably trust a husband. I don't know if it's the best way to work. I really shouldn't discuss this.