"An expansive life, one not constrained by four walls, requires as well an expansive pocket."

-- Anton Chekhov

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“What must be the knowledge of Him, from whom all created minds have derived both their power of knowledge, and the innumerable objects of their knowledge! What must be the wisdom of Him, from whom all things derive their wisdom!”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert (p. 275), 1895.
“If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?”
“Power not only corrupts he who wields the power but those who submit to it. Those who grovel at the feet of power betray their fellows to hide themselves behind the cloak of submission. It is an evil thing.”
“I've been working with Pat Robertson on Africa debt-relief, and we disagree on virtually everything except certain very specific, inalienable rights, and the truth is that morality and patriotism come in all shapes and sizes.”
“Ferrari never spoke to me again. He was a great man, I admit, but it was so very easy to upset him.”

Source : Thoroughbred & Classic Cars interview, January 1, 1991.
“Ah, my friend, that is the only true church organization, when heads and hearts unite in working for the welfare of the human race!”
“Today's banalities apparently gain in profundity if one states that the wisdom of the past, for all its virtues, belongs to the past. The arrogance of those who come later preens itself with the notion that the past is dead and gone. The modern mind can no longer think thought, only can locate it in time and space. The activity of thinking decays to the passivity of classifying.”
“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean the bastards aren't out to get you. ... Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could tell the half. In each scenario, you can depend on the end where the lovers agree. Where's my Lothario? Where does he roam, with his dome Vaselined as can be?”

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