Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

Quote by Gerald Brenan

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If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot...

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe...

As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe...

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the...

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the...

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is...

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being...

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being...

Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given...

Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given...

The cliche is dead poetry.

The cliche is dead poetry.

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure...

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure...

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to...

I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to...

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.