HH Magazine

Franco Cologni

2013 is Verdi year, marking the bicentenary of the birth of the great Italian composer whose operas are loved and enjoyed the world over…

Franco Cologni

Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that "for every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness"…

Franco Cologni

"The end justifies the means." Numerous are those who remember only this proposal by Niccolò Machiavelli, statesman, advisor to the great and influential, and the founder of a "modern" approach to political science…

Franco Cologni

Voltaire wrote that superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy, the mad daughter of a wise mother…

Franco Cologni

A vital source, water joins the other elements that are an invaluable part of our lives - time, blood and money – and which, like water, are in a state of constant flow…

Franco Cologni

Out walking in the mountains one day, I came across an old sundial whose inscription gave me food for thought…

Franco Cologni

You may recall that at the start of the year, I enlisted the help of Cassandra, not known for her optimism, to attempt some predictions and write, in this column, that Swiss watch exports could expect to rise by 5%…

Franco Cologni

While crisis has brought about a profound change in our conception of retail, in particular in the luxury segment, this change has also initiated some positive effects: rarely, when entering a premium brand store, are we greeted by haughty sales staff, as was often the case just a few years ago…

Franco Cologni

The Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau reminds us that "patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet"…

Franco Cologni

"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose…" we read in the magnificent and masterly story of The Little Prince…