In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

The minute you or anybody else knows what you are you are not it, you...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does...

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

A house in the country is not the same as a country house.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

There is no there there.

There is no there there.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

Hoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

Hoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting.

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut...