"I do not think anything serious should be done after dinner, as nothing should be before breakfast."

-- George Saintsbury

#Thinking Quotes #Done Quotes #Breakfast Quotes

“The companies only developed if the state did not intervene in the French fashion. If on the contrary a certain degree of economic freedom was the rule, capitalism moved in firmly and adapted itself to all administrative quirks and difficulties”

Source : Fernand Braudel (1982). “Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: The wheels of commerce”, p.446, Univ of California Press
“The house of a childless person is a void, all directions are void to one who has no relatives, the heart of a fool is also void, but to a poverty stricken man all is void.”
“Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.”

Source : Tahir Shah (2013). “Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback”, p.73, Lulu.com
“Reading wasn't my religion - it was my oxygen.”
“Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort.”
“But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973”
“All I am, I owe to my mother.”
“One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness.”

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