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The painter seemed to have been unaware that Orso hadn’t come within fifty miles of the fighting. But then fine lies beat tedious truths every time, as he had often told her.
Money is a different thing to every man, Bialoveld wrote, but always a good thing.
you should laugh every moment you live, for you’ll find it decidedly difficult afterwards.’
You make yourself too hard, you make yourself brittle too. Crack once, crack all to pieces.
“Things aren’t what they used to be” is the rallying cry of small minds. When men say things used to be better, they invariably mean they were better for them, because they were young, and had all their hopes intact. The world is bound to look a darker place as you slide into the grave.’
People would far rather believe a lurid lie than a sorry string of accidents. Would far rather believe the world is full of evil than full of bad luck, selfishness and stupidity.
‘It’s a war. There is no right side.’
