What did Christina Stead mean by: A speculator is a man who, if he dies at the right time, has a rich widow. Christina Stead Novelist · Australia Copy
If equity and human natural reason were allowed there would be no law, there would be no lawyers. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christina Stead, Equity, Law, Reason, 0 Christina Stead Novelist · Australia
And gold has no name, it licks the hand of anyone who has it: good dog! Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christina Stead, Greed, Power, Wealth, 0 Christina Stead Novelist · Australia
Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christina Stead, Altruism, Imagination, Selfishness, 0 Christina Stead Novelist · Australia
Love is feared: it dissolves society, it’s unpopular, and it’s very rare. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christina Stead, Dissolution, Fear, Rarity, 0 Christina Stead Novelist · Australia
A mother! What are we worth really? They all grow up whether you look after them or not. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christina Stead, Growth, Motherhood, Value, 0 Christina Stead Novelist · Australia
Creation of something out of nothing is the most primitive of human passions and the most optimistic Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christina Stead, Creation, Optimism, Passion, 0 Christina Stead Novelist · Australia
I don’t know what imagination is, if not an unpruned, tangled kind of memory. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christina Stead, Imagination, Memory, Perception, 0 Christina Stead Novelist · Australia
Our biggest mistakes, were things we didn’t do, companies we didn’t buy. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
I won’t bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
