Orts #884
In all our fortunes we compare ourselves with what is above us and look toward those who are better off; let us measure ourselves with what is below: there is no one so ill-starred that he may not find a thousand examples to console him. It is our weakness that we are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us. . . . Those who know me, both above and below me, know whether they have ever seen a man less demanding of others. If I surpass all modern examples in this respect, it is no great wonder, for so many parts of my character contribute to it: a little natural pride, inability to endure refusal, limitation of my desires and designs, incapacity for any kind of business, and my very favorite qualities, idleness and freedom.
-- Montaigne, in an essay, Of Vanity
Who does not see that I have taken a road along which I shall go, without stopping and without effort, as long as there is ink and paper in the world?
-- Montaigne, in an essay, Of Vanity
I’ve made my money by supplying a popular demand. If I break the law my customers are as guilty as I am. When I sell liquor it’s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on silver trays on Lake Shore Drive it’s hospitality.
— Al Capone
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