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Perhaps It Is One Secret Of Their Power That, Having Studied The Fluctuations Of Prices, The [bankers] Know That History Is Inflationary.

The Trouble With Most People Is That They Think With Their Hopes Or Fears Or Wishes Rather Than With Their Minds.

So I Should Say That Civilizations Begin With Religion And Stoicism: They End With Scepticism And Unbelief, And The Undisciplined Pursuit Of Individual Pleasure. A Civilization Is Born Stoic And Dies Epicurean.

If You Wish To Be Loved, Be Modest; If You Wish To Be Admired, Be Proud; If You Wish Both, Combine External Modesty With Internal Pride.

Hunting Is Now To Most Of Us A Game, Whose Relish Seems Based Upon Some Mystic Remembrance, In The Blood, Of Ancient Days When To Hunter As Well As Hunted It Was A Matter Of Life And Death.