Happiness, whether in business or private life, leaves very little trace in history.
—Fernand Braudel, 1979
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He who has nothing has no friends.
—Greek proverbHonest commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics.
—Robert G. Ingersoll, 1882There are places one comes home to that one has never been to.
—Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, 1989The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.
—LaoziRebellion is no less a sin than divination.
—Book of Samuel, c. 550 BCSanity is madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.
—George Santayana, 1920Those who are awake have a world that is one and common, but each of those who are asleep turns aside into his own particular world.
—Heraclitus, c. 500 BCI must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.
—Anaïs Nin, 1950The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of a gun.
—P.G. Wodehouse, 1929A jest breaks no bones.
—Samuel Johnson, 1781A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.
—Charles Baudelaire, 1852I can’t see (or feel) the conflict between love and religion. To me they’re the same thing.
—Elizabeth Bowen, c. 1970