The Art of Living Like a Poor Man with Lots of Money

Image via WikipediaI’d like to be rich enough so that I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off. – Andy Rooney




All heiresses are beautiful. – John Dryden



He has so much money that he could afford to look poor. – Edgar Wallace



In wealth many friends, in poverty not even relations. – anonymous



It is better to live rich than to die rich. – Samuel Johnson



I’d like to live like a poor man with lots of money. - Pablo Picasso

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Around the World in Seven Years

Image by Garry - www.visionandimagination.com via FlickrLet me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. – Louis Pasteur




Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. He that shall walk, with vigor, three hours a day, will pass, in seven years, a space equal to the circumference of the globe. – Samuel Johnson



Fall seven times, stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb



To persevere trusting in what hopes he has is courage in a man. The coward despairs. – Euripides



There is nothing in the world I wouldn’t do for Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn’t do for me. We spend our lives doing nothing for each other. – Bing Crosby



There are black sheep in every flock. – Proverb



Men do not change their characters by uniting with one another, nor does their patience in the presence of obstacles increase with their strength. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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In One Year and Out the Other

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He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. – Samuel Johnson

I hate people who are wise during the event. – Kenneth Tynan

Is is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions. – Marcel Proust

Make sure you’re right, then go ahead. – Davy Crockett

One resolve is like another – In one year and out the other. – Nova Trimble Ashley

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. – Napoleon Bonaparte

When possible make the decisions now, even if action is in the future. A reviewed decision usually is better than one reached at the last moment. – William B. Given

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An Arch Never Sleeps

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Q: Why is the stock market like an oven?


A: They can both be self-cleaning. – anonymous



Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles. – Andrew Maurois



Buying and selling securities on the Stock Exchange do not start new industries. Big business never starts anything new. It merely absorb consolidation and profits at the expense of others. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt



A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines. – Frank Lloyd Wright



To build is to be robbed. – Samuel Johnson



An arch never sleeps. – Hindu proverb



Good architecture lets nature in. – Mario Pei

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How Do You Persuade a Man Who Does Not Disagree?

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I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. – Jorge Luis Borges

That’s not writing, that’s typing. – Truman Capote (referring to the writing style of Jack Kerouac)

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original and the parts that are original are not good. – Samuel Johnson

The covers of this book are too far apart. – Ambrose Bierce

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. – John Selden

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. – Elbert Hubbard

You have not coverted a man because you have silenced him. – John Morley

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree but smiles. – Muriel Spark

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The Perfect Expression of Scorn

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Is sex dirty? Only if it’s done right. – Woody Allen

Bernard Shaw is an excellent man; he has not an enemy in the world, and none of his friends like him. – Oscar Wilde

Being in a ship is like being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. – Samuel Johnson

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. – George Bernard Shaw

Sin is geographical. – Bertrand Russell

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. – George Bernard Shaw

I don’t think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards. – W. Somerset Maugham

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. - Denis Diderot

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A Minor Form of Despair, Disguised as a Virtue

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Optimism is the madness of maintaining that everything is right when it is wrong. – Voltaire

Optimism: the noble temptation to see too much in everything. – G.K. Chesterton

The place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum. – Havelock Ellis

The optimist thinks that this in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

Oyster, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing the entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor. – Ambrose Bierce

There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have charge of children, but there can be no doubt that parents are the worst. – George Bernard Shaw

Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. – Ambrose Bierce

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. – Samuel Johnson

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The Refuge of Souls Ulcerated by Happiness

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Morality consists in suspecting other people of not being legally married. – George Bernard Shaw

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike. – Oscar Wilde

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists – that is why they invented hell. – Bertrand Russell

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. – H.G. Wells

If you must choose between living with your mother-in-law and blowing out your brains, don’t hesitate – blow out hers. – Victorien Sardou

The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums. -–Peter De Vries

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. – E.M. Cioran

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. – Samuel Johnson

Assassins! – Arturo Toscanini to his orchestra