There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.
—Mark Twain, 1897
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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
—Albert Camus, 1951The populace may hiss me, but when I go home and think of my money, I applaud myself.
—Horace, c. 25 BCPeople react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.
—Richard Nixon, 1975The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
—John Berger, 1984The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1919I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.
—Brigitte Bardot, 1989Suffering has its limit, but fears are endless.
—Pliny the Younger, c. 108Everyone complains about his memory, and no one complains about his judgment.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1666To be sick is to enjoy monarchal prerogatives.
—Charles Lamb, 1833A college degree is a social certificate, not a proof of competence.
—Elbert Hubbard, 1911The country only has charms for those not obliged to stay there.
—Édouard Manet, c. 1860All of life is a foreign country.
—Jack Kerouac, 1949