"Jokes aside, let us turn to serious matters."

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Horace

#Latin Quotes #Matter Quotes #Serious Quotes

“Labor is rest--from the sorrow that greet us; Rest from all petty vexations that meet us, Rest from sin-promptings that ever entreat us, Rest from the world-sirens that hire us to ill. Work--and pure slumbers shall wait on thy pillow; Work--thou shalt ride over Care's coming billow; Lie not down wearied 'neath Woe's weeping willow! Work with a stout heart and resolute will!”
“Nobody has a bigger cult than Warren Buffett,”
“Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.”
“I like colorful stuff. I like wearing stuff that nobody is wearing. That's why I wear the bear hat. I'll wear the whole mink.”

Source : "And Then French Montana Styled GQ". Interview with Mark Anthony Green, www.gq.com. July 20, 2012.
“Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side.”

Source : Van Wyck Brooks (1941). “Opinions of Oliver Allston”, New York, Dutton
“It is said that the American vocabulary has declined by half in the past few decades. It's a tragic instance of desertification following upon monocultural commodity production, the clear-cutting of written and spoken English.”
“I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.”
“I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it's important to know the person, I believe, but at the same time it should be a shock to the person - the person should be shocked to be suddenly revealed. That's the work of a designer sometimes, to propose an ID of look.”

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