Without virtue, both riches and honor, to me, seem like the passing cloud.
—Confucius, c. 350 BC
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Mammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911Man is merely a more perfect animal than the rest. He reasons better.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1816Friends are ourselves.
—John Donne, 1603Oil! Our secret god, our secret sharer, our magic wand, fulfiller of our every desire, our coconspirator, the sine qua non in all we do!
—Margaret Atwood, 2015He who is afraid of his own memories is cowardly, really cowardly.
—Elias Canetti, 1954I think that to get under the surface and really appreciate the beauty of any country, one has to go there poor.
—Grace Moore, 1944Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
—Willa Cather, 1918The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
—Luis Buñuel, 1983Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.
—Kin HubbardI’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.
—Marilyn Monroe, 1962I never practice, I always play.
—Wanda Landowska, 1953No real friendship without absolute liberty.
—George Sand, 1866