“The life of the wealthy is one long Sunday.”

— Georg Büchner , The Hessian Courier

The Hessian Courier (1834)

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Georg Büchner 43

German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose 1813–1837

Lucia Berlin (1936–2004) American writer

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Anger in the Sky (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943), p. 134.

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Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter

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Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit (1887)

“The only place in London where one can forget that it is Sunday.”

Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898) English illustrator and author

On the Brompton Oratory, in "Table Talk" p. 63.
Under the Hill and Other Essays (1904)

“The life in Italy is the life of a wealthy country, consumptions haven't diminished, it's hard to find seats on planes, our restaurants are full of people.”

Silvio Berlusconi (1936) Italian politician

Denying the heaviness of the Italian crisis, during the news conference after the end of the G20 summit held in Cannes (3-4 November 2011), as reported in "Napolitano ammonisce: attuare impegni. Premier: la crisi non c'è, ristoranti pieni" in Il Messaggero (4 November 2011) http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=168779&sez=HOME_INITALIA&ssez=POLITICA, and "Silvio Berlusconi shrugs off IMF's financial checks on Italy. Prime minister insists Italy is in good health, with debts under control, and points to full restaurants as proof of strength" in The Guardian (4 November 2011) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/04/silvio-berlusconi-imf-italy
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