Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious.
You never forget the people who were kind to you in childhood, do you, sir?
A nation that can't remember its dead will soon cease to be worth dying for.
A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.
The modern holy trinity is money, sex and celebrity.
gossip ... was like any other commodity in the marketplace. You received it only if you had something of value to give.