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Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
Commerce is the cure for the most destructive prejudices.
Commerce is the cure for the most destructive prejudices.
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
Money isn't everything… but it ranks right up there with oxygen.
Money isn't everything… but it ranks right up there with oxygen.
Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye.
Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye.
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often read more
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.
Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays read more
Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays as compared with the past; the material goods that we now possess; the speed at which information, entertainment, and we ourselves move freely throughout the world - it seems to me that a person must be literally deaf and blind not to perceive that humanity is in a much better state than ever before.
If you have to forecast, forecast often.
If you have to forecast, forecast often.
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.