“Can officially confirm that the way to a man's heart these days is not through beauty, food, sex, or alluringness of character, but merely the ability to seem not very interested in him.”

The Business of Life (1949)
Context: Many people are thwarted by excessive ambition. They want a hundred thousand dollars but are unwilling to save a hundred dollars. They want a big house, but do not accumulate enough money to make the down payment on on a small house. They want to write a book, but will not learn to write a letter. Most men become successful and famous, not through ambition, but through ability and character.

since it is at odds with itself, and since it does not tolerate any lasting principle within itself

Kant, Immanuel (1996), page 246
Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798)

Source: Public Finance - International Edition - Sixth Edition, Chapter 15, The Personal Income Tax, p. 342

1979

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Golden Sayings of Epictetus

Good Hearted Woman, title track from Good Hearted Woman, written with Willie Nelson (1972).
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