Source: Imago (1989), Chapter I, “Metamorphosis” section 6 (p. 564)
“Whether happy or unhappy, life is the only treasure man possesses”
Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice
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The Story of My Life (trans. Sartarelli/Hawkes 2001), Preface, p. 10
Referenced
Variant: [H]appy or miserable, life is the only blessing which man possesses[. ]
Gloria Estefan (1957) Cuban-American singer-songwriter, actress and divorciada
comment to audience at book signing at Macy's in New York City (November 21, 2006)
2007, 2008
“Life is sad enough, Magir. Laughter is a thing to be treasured.”
David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22
Walt Disney (1901–1966) American film producer and businessman
As quoted in Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1977) by Laurence J. Peter
“Whaddaya mean 'old maids,' ha? The term is 'unclaimed treasure,' buddy, 'unclaimed treasure!”
Laurie Notaro American writer
Source: Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood
“Love God and find him within - the only treasure worth finding.”
Meher Baba (1894–1969) Indian mystic
Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Reported as false in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 9-10. Falsely attributed to Brezhnev as having been said in a secret Warsaw Pact meeting in either 1968 or 1973.
Misattributed
