"What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?"

-- Sophocles

#Luxury Quotes #House Quotes #Excellence Quotes

“TV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet.”
“Gyrating J.R., pretty darn good!”
“History should be written as philosophy.”
“I find faith in human perseverance, even as the universe throws challenge after challenge our way.”
“The surest way to arouse and hold the attention of the reader is by being specific, definitive, and concrete. The greatest writers - Homer, Dante, Shakespeare - are effective largely because they deal in particulars and report the details that matter. Their words call up pictures.”

Source : "The Elements of Style". Book by William Strunk Jr. Chapter II: "Elementary Principles of Composition", 1918.
“If I own stock in your company and you move offshore for tax reasons I'm selling your stock. There are enough investment choices here”
“One can have only as much preparation as he has foresight.”
“To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream.”

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