Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
¶ (Attributed)
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Orson Welles (1915-1985) American writer, director, actor
Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
¶ (Attributed)
In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed -- they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce …? The cuckoo clock.
¶ The Third Man
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