Quote by James Buchan
To give money to a woman - and here I must speak as a man - is to

To give money to a woman – and here I must speak as a man – is to deny her special quality, her irreplaceability, and reduce her unique amiability to a commodity. Money takes away her name, while transforming her lover into a nameless customer of a market of appetites. – James Buchan

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Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war. – James Buchan

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Up until the Depression, recession had a moral character: it was supposed to purge the body economic of the greed and excess that attends a business expansion. – James Buchan

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The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world. – James Buchan

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Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships the poor man everywhere lies low. – Ovid

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The poor mans budget is full of schemes. – Proverb

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Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Having money is rather like being a blond. It is more fun but not vital. – Mary Quant

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