"Sure men were born to lie, and women, to believe them." John Gay
"One ugly trick has often spoiled
The sweetest and the best;
Matilda, though a pleasant child,
One ugly trick possessed."
"It is always brave to say what everyone thinks."
"Painting is saying 'Ta' to God." Sir Stanley Spencer
"As scandal is the second breath of life my name is down for an early copy."
"I've always regretted that I'm made of contradictions. But, if contradiction is impossible to overcome, we have to accept both its ends." Czeslaw Milosz
"It's ill-becoming for an old broad to sing about how bad she wants it. But occasionally we do." Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
"Everybody's got plans...until they get hit." Mike Tyson