"Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself as a gentleman but who was, in fact, nothing more than a devious adventurer."

-- Paul Mellon

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“Italy is only a geographical expression.”

Source : "Memorandum to the Great Powers" by Klemens Wenzel, August 2, 1814.
“A good vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.”
“The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.”
“The secret of high finance...if you really need a loan, you won't qualify. And if you don't need a loan, all the lenders will line up to give you money.”
“Everyone is normal until you get to know them.”
“If you're not in New York, you're camping out.”
“Itâ€™s a shame, sort of a waste, that most people are influenced by what the newspaper supplements tell them is the book they are meant to be seen reading this year. It seems like those people arenâ€™t really interested in books. If youâ€™re really into books, you havoc all over the place picking up disparate stuff which you devour hungrily, and the â€˜selectionâ€™ process is more like a sixth sense hunger, a billion miles away from fashion.”
“There is no such thing as preaching patience into people, unless the sermon is so long that they have to practice it while they hear. No man can learn patience except by going out into the hurlyburly world, and taking life just as it blows. Patience is but lying to, and riding out the gale.”

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