It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.
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Money doesn't talk, it swears.
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My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.
My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.
I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.
If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.
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Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and that customers will know what you stand for and like you for it.
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A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
