“Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.”
― Casino Royale
― Casino Royale
“It is very evident what mean and sneaking lives many of you live, for my sight has been whetted by experience; always on the limits, trying to get into business and trying to get out of debt, a very ancient slough, called by the Latins aes alienum, another's brass, for some of their coins were made of brass; still living, and dying, and buried by this other's brass; always promising to pay, promising to pay, to-morrow, and dying to-day, insolvent...”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.”
― Casino Royale
― Casino Royale
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