"Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly."

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Source : "Gil Blas". Book by Alain-René Lesage. Book VIII, Chapter 9, 1735.

Alain-Rene Lesage

#Expression Quotes #Greek Quotes #Devil Quotes

“The establishment people tell us that if the workers wanted to share the profits, it was called communism. When management wants to share profits, it's called a bonus.”
“The only things I regret, and the only things I'll ever regret are things I didn't do. In the end, that's what we mourn. The paths we didn't take. The people we didn't touch.”

Source : Scott Spencer (2010). “Endless Love”, p.104, Open Road Media
“So many times, people told me I can't do this or can't do that. My nature is that I don't listen very well. I'm very determined, and I believe in myself. My parents brought me up that way. Thank God for that. I don't let anything stand in my way.”
“Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.”
“The end goal of meditation is to do whatever helps slow your mind down, in order to achieve a peaceful, positive state of mind and body.”
“We just grew to trust each other [with Patti Smith] more and more over the years. Most of the time I didn't even have a movie camera.”
“Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death.”
“It's a great group of people here at Texas A&M, and everybody you run into is incredibly polite.”

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