"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool."

-- Francis Bacon

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“There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.”
“Most people, of course, spend their lives caring about the wrong things. The worry about South Africa or Nicaragua. They spend so much time finding themselves that they lose their taxicabs. They don't see that what kind of napkin you get at a delicatessen is a matter of much significance in the world today. That's why they don't get linen.”
“John Kerry accused President Bush of catering to the rich. You know, as opposed to John Kerry who just marries them.”
“Manuel will show you to your rooms - if you're lucky.”
“My mum's from Yorkshire and my parents aren't snotty or posh - they're very hard workers, both of them.”
“The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.”
“Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.”
“The older you've gotten, the more respect and admiration you've received.”

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