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“He who buys what he does not want ends in wanting what he cannot buy.”

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Alec-Tweedie, a British author born on January 1, 1862, and died on April 15, 1940. His works are known for their unique literary style and profound insights into social issues. more

“No Southern people ever seem to possess the energy of their Northern brothers, and in Sicily a dolce far niente life is much enjoyed. Time is no object. According to Pliny, Aristhomacus watched the life of the bee carefully for fifty-eight years, which is just the sort of work a Sicilian of to-day would like.”

People Years Seems Life Is Energy Objects Brother Eight Enjoyed Fifty Southern Bees Sicilian

Book:Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins

Source: Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins

“Marriage with love is entering heaven with one's eyes shut, but marriage without love is entering hell with them open.”

Eye Heaven Love Is Marriage Hell Entering Without Love

Author:Alec-Tweedie

“The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book.”

World Book Money Powerful Century Checks Most Powerful Twentieth Century

Author:Alec-Tweedie

“Civilisation makes us all as alike as peas in a pod, and it is the very uncouth - uncivilised, if you will - element which individualises nations.”

Ifs Nations Elements Civilisation Peas Uncouth Peas In A Pod

Book:Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins

Source: Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins

“It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.”

Thinking Men Long Change Hours Mistake Half Remains

Author:G. I. Gurdjieff

“Theatrical work means too much work or none.”

Mean Too Much Theater Theatrical Too Much Work

Author:Alec-Tweedie

“Sunshine is more health-giving than pills and potions: and travel in foreign lands is a mental tonic, which feeds the mind even if it empties the pocket.”

Ifs Giving Mind Land Travel Pockets Sunshine Pills Foreign Lands

Author:Alec-Tweedie

“Few authors are so interesting as their work - they generally reserve their wit or trenchant sarcasm for their books.”

Book Interesting Wit Sarcasm Reserves

Author:Alec-Tweedie

“Never has the theatrical profession been more overcrowded than at the present moment.”

Moments Profession Present Moment Theatrical

Book:Me and Mine: A Medley of Thoughts and Memories

Source: Me and Mine: A Medley of Thoughts and Memories

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