But, though I crave for work, I still like to be fair. I do not ask for more than my proper share. – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889
I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost. – Terry Pratchett