Author of quotes: Philip Mayer

In the history of the planet, no one has ever got the earth in an honest way.

Daughters are the only misfortune that can happen to a person.

A coward fears only for his body. It is he who loves more than anything in the world. A brave man loves others first, and himself last.

The difference between a coward and a brave man is very simple. It's all about love. A coward loves only himself.

Memory is a curse.

I noticed that the others were looking at the scene of the carnage with the same cold interest; when the blood is not yours, it is just like wine or water.

If there is a worse sight than a frightened, proud man, I have not seen it.

Only later, when the children grew up, she realized that she was still right: if people get used to getting money just like that, if they work only according to their mood, they begin to dismiss the very idea of work. And they are struggling to justify their own laziness. They begin to believe that marital status is something like a natural phenomenon, like water, or air, or clean sheets.

In the old days, this was considered in the order of things. Back then, rich people were role models. You reached certain heights and became an example for others. Your whole life has been such an example. You didn’t expose your wealth in front of cameras or become the center of attention until you did something outstanding. Nowadays, these obligations to society have been lost. The rich strive for popularity, like any dishwasher.