The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
—Yves Saint Laurent, 1978
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The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honor or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1774More and more I like to take a train. I understand why the French prefer it to automobiling—it is so much more sociable, and of course these days so much more of an adventure, and the irregularity of its regularity is fascinating.
—Gertrude Stein, 1943When a coward sees a man he can beat, he becomes hungry for a fight.
—Chinua Achebe, 1960If there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged.
—Thomas Paine, 1778Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857Pictures made in childhood are painted in bright hues.
—Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1886I am dying with the help of too many physicians.
—Alexander the Great, c. 323 BCThere is no happiness like that of a young couple in a little house they have built themselves in a place of beauty and solitude.
—Annie Proulx, 2008No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.
—Cyril Connolly, 1944One should always have one’s boots on and be ready to leave.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580Drink does not drown care but waters it, and makes it grow faster.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1749Keep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.
—Ge Hong, c. 320