"Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and in Paris bears very different fruit, but is none the less virtue."

-- Honore de Balzac

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“The time when you need to do something is when people are saying it can't be done.”
“I'm kind of a germ freak. When I get on a plane, I spray my seat and everything with Lysol Disinfectant Spray.”
“I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.”
“I was fifteen then, too young to fall in-love. Or maybe it is only then, with dew of childhood still in my eyes, that I was capable of such love. I will never know, of course.”

Source : Danielle Trussoni (2010). “Angelology: A Novel”, p.284, Penguin
“Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier to ignore them if you're saying silly things yourself.”

Source : Pseudonymous Bosch (2012). “If You're Reading This, It's Too Late: The Secret Series”, p.98, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“In a pure capitalist system, an institution as moronic and corrupt as Bank of America would be swiftly punished by the market - the executives would get to loot their own firms once, then they'd be looking for jobs again.”
“Law is not a trade, not briefs, not merchandise, and so the heaven of commercial competition should not vulgarize the legal profession.”
“He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.”

Source : Thomas Mann (2010). “Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories”, p.77, Vintage

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