Acerbicness Rules O.K.

Winston Churchill.

Photograph by Yousuf Karsh, 1941.

Illustration: BRITANNICA.COM

“I am enclosing two tickets

to The First Night of my new Play.

Bring a friend.

If you have one”.

(George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill)

“Cannot possibly attend First Night.

Will attend Second.

If there is one”.

(Winston Churchill to George Bernard Shaw)