“He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.”
Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Bion, 50.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy
“One thing a writer has, if he is fortunate, and I have been fortunate, is a partnership with the years.”
Source: The Boys Of Summer, Lines On The Transpontine Madness, p. xxi
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