"Money does not smell of the mire whence it came; it has the glorious scent of what will be."

-- Catulle Mendes

#Smell Quotes #Doe Quotes #Scent Quotes

“Diligence means to be keen in matters of virtue and justice, but worldly people use diligence to solve their economic difficulties. Frugality means to have little desire for material goods, but worldly people use frugality as a cover for stinginess. Thus do watchwords of enlightened life turn into tools for the private business of small people. What a pity!”
“In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.”

Source : "Best of the West". Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2007.
“Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.”

Source : ":The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building:Redefining the Practice of Sustainability". Book by Bill Reed (p. 216), October 11, 2011.
“The Queen has done all she could on the dreadful subject of vivisection, and hopes that Mr. Gladstone will speak strongly against such a practice which is a disgrace to humanity...”
“The monsoon is such a dominant part of Indian life that it is hard to overstate its importance. One's life completely changes based on the rain. After the monsoon, because the dust settles, one can see further and so it feels like one's eyesight has improved or that one is living in a different country where there is more light.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.”
“I think it's a problem when journalists have the title of their article before they do the interview, because it biases the way they conduct it.”

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