"A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts."

-- Wilbur Smith

#Country Quotes #White Quotes #People Quotes

“Why don't you slip into something more comfortable? Like a coma.”
“The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people.”
“It's difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to his or her gender. It gets rid of every his, her, she and he.”
“Luxury bags make your life more pleasant, make you dream, give you confidence, and show your neighbors you are doing well.”
“Nothing in life is ever as simple as we imagine.”
“Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in some particular direction. A double necessity then: to get on the move, and to know whither.”
“The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.”

Source : Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy, James P. Browne (1871). “Preface. Essay on the life and genius of Henry Fielding, esq. Love in several masques, a comedy. The temple beau, a comedy. The author's farce; with a puppet shew, called The pleasures of the town. The coffee house politician; or, The justice caught in his own trap, a comedy. The tragedy of tragedies; or, The life and death of Tom Thumb the Great”, p.186
“There's less pressure to look good as you get older.”

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