“ The secret to good writing is to use small words for big ideas, not to use big words for small ideas. Oliver Markus
“ The more you say the less people remember. The fewer the words the greater the profit. Francois Fenelon
“ The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and to have the two as close together as possible. George Burns
“ From her character in the HBO miniseries: "The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the britches to the seat of the chair. Abigail Adams
“ The present life of man upon earth, O King, seems to me in comparison with that time which is unknown to us like the swift flight of a sparrow through the mead-hall where you sit at supper in winter,… Bede
“ The story of a life can be as long or as short as the teller wishes. Whether the life is tragic or enlightened, the classic gravestone inscription marking simply the dates of birth and death has, in i… Michel Houellebecq