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The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.
The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.
Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further read more
Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.
Only positive consequences encourage good future performances.
Only positive consequences encourage good future performances.
We do not hear the term "compassionate" applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in read more
We do not hear the term "compassionate" applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in their normal work. Yet in terms of results in the measurable form of jobs created, lives enriched, communities built, living standards raised, and poverty healed, a handful of capitalists has done infinitely more for mankind than all the self-serving politicians, academics, social workers, and religionists who march under the banner of "compassion".
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of read more
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.
All currency is neurotic currency.
All currency is neurotic currency.
It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance read more
It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas.
A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.
A fool and his money are soon parted. - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.
I've got a living to make, to put it plainly; there's more money in shocking and terrifying than in edifying.
I've got a living to make, to put it plainly; there's more money in shocking and terrifying than in edifying.
