“It is easy to despise what you cannot get."

Aesop, quoted on https://www.hound-dog-media.com

“Once again, you and your editors show that Gilbert Keith Chesterton is the most important man not living in the world today.”

Letter from William Cassell of Poteau, Oklahoma in Gilbert! Magazine Vol. 5 # 3 (Dec. 2001)

“Especially remarkable in this connection is the explicit and complete exclusion from the theory of perfect competition of all personal relationships existing between the parties. In actual life the fact that our inadequate knowledge of the available commodities or services is made up for by our experience with the persons or firms supplying them – that competition is in a large measure competition for reputation or good will – is one of the most important facts which enables us to solve our daily problems.”

“The Meaning of Competition” in Friedrich Hayek, Individualism and Economic Order

“Kim: They [some Englishmen they just met] are only uncurried donkeys.” The lama: “Then it is not well to make a jest of their ignorance.”

Rudyard Kipling Kim

“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."

Steve Jobs, quoted by Jeff Hayden on Inc. online (www.inc.com/jeff-haden/top-350-inspiring-motivational-quotes-to-tweet-and-share.html)

“The pagan set out, with admirable sense, to enjoy himself. By the end of his civilization he had discovered that a man cannot enjoy himself and continue to enjoy anything else.”

G.K. Chesterton Heretics

“There are no words to express how much...”

Another "He's an extraordinary man" insult (and in fact I did say it, inspired by a friend's wedding leaflet but without malice).

"He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasions."

"Italian Proverb" quoted on https://www.hound-dog-media.com