I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.
Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte. Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Journalism largely consists in saying 'Lord Jones is dead' to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)