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    FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.

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It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.

It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.

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Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

by Honore De Balzac Found in: Finance Quotes,
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Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

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Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.

Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.

by Earl Wilson Found in: Finance Quotes,
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Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians read more

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out.

by Will Rogers Found in: Finance Quotes,
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One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to read more

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.

by Sylvia Porter Found in: Finance Quotes,
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It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.

It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.

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Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse

by Joseph Roux Found in: Finance Quotes,
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High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of read more

High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.

by Finley Peter Dunne Found in: Finance Quotes,
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