The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1.322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26.911 words. The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
Oscar WildeLots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.
Oscar WildeWickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.
Oscar Wilde