You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well and talk well but...
Tell the truth work hard and come to dinner on time.
The human heart has hidden treasures In secret kept in silence sealed The thoughts the hopes the dreams the pleasures Whose charms were broken if revealed.
