Trade which, without force or constraint, is naturally and regularly carried on between any two places, is always advantageous to both. – Adam Smith (1723 – 90): (An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of) the Wealth of Nations More »
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. – Stephen (William) Hawking (1942 – 2018) More »
To err is human, to forgive divine. – Alexander Pope (1688 – 1744): Essay on Criticism More »
Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless. – Max Born (1882 – 1970) More »
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Bad money drives out good. [Bad money drives good money out of circulation.] More »
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Do not put new wine into old bottles [wineskins]. [Put new wine into new bottles [skins].] / No one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and run out and the skins will… More »
Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories. – (Thomas) Leo McCarey (1898 – 1969): An Affair to Remember / (In the film, Terry McKay, portrayed by Deborah Kerr, says to Nickie Ferrante by Cary Grant.) More »
Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second. – Jean-Luc Godard (1930 – ): Le Petit Soldat [The Little Soldier] More »
It is the unexpected that always happens. More »
Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits. – Robert Louis [Lewis] (Balfour) Stevenson (1850 – 94) More »
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