“He who wants Lent to seem short, should contract a debt to be repaid at Easter.”
Giordano Bruno book Candelaio
Candelaio, Act IV, Scene XVII. — (Lucia.)
Translation reported in Harbottle’s Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 275
Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)
“He who wants Lent to seem short, should contract a debt to be repaid at Easter.”
Giordano Bruno book Candelaio
Candelaio, Act IV, Scene XVII. — (Lucia.)
Translation reported in Harbottle’s Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 275
“Most years I owe no money and I have no money.”
Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931) American poet
What It Means to Be a Poet in America (1926)
Context: Most years I owe no money and I have no money. Every university pays my way to the next town. That’s about all. No poet has ever made any money out of having his poetry published, and no poet ever will. If the fee is two hundred dollars, it is one hundred dollars for coming to town and one hundred for leaving inside of twenty-four hours. There has been no poetry in the history of the world that has made money for the poet. The New Poetry Movement began when Abel made a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain; but the sacrifice of Abel was not intended as a money-making idea. On the last great day, when Gabriel blows his trumpet, even if he blows it in sonnets, he will not do it for the money that is in it. If he does do it for the cash he will not be Gabriel and it will not be the last great day. It will be a second-rate Hollywood movie of the last great day, and business will continue as usual.
“Short on money, long on hope”
Kim Edwards (1958) Author, educator
Michał Kalecki (1899–1970) Polish economist
Source: Theory of Economic Dynamics (1965), Chapter 6, The Short Term Rate of Interest, p. 73
Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo
Chapter 2 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo/Chapter_2 <br class="br">The Count of Monte Cristo (1845–1846)
David Ricardo (1772–1823) British political economist, broker and politician
Source: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter XXVII, Currency and Banks, p. 246
“To have money, it seemed, was to be consumed by money.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book Americanah
Source: Americanah
“tt>double value; /* or your money back! */short changed; /* so triple your money back! */
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
Source code, <code>cons.c</code>