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When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got read more
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece.
What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.
What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.
Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you'll be surprised at how little you read more
Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you'll be surprised at how little you have.
Money, the root of all evil...but the cure for all sadness.
Money, the root of all evil...but the cure for all sadness.
The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.
The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.
Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And read more
Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And when a person does not understand the creation of resources and wealth, the only intellectual alternative is to believe that increasing wealth must be at the cost of someone else. This belief that our good fortune must be an exploitation of others may be the taproot of false prophecy about doom that our evil ways must bring upon us.
In the midst of life we are in debt.
In the midst of life we are in debt.
The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer read more
The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer classes have adopted a certain way of living, producers have an incentive to improve the methods of manufacture so that soon it is possible for the poorer classes to follow suit. Thus luxury furthers progress. Innovation "is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public. The luxury today is the necessity of tomorrow." Luxury is the roadmaker of progress: it develops latent needs and makes people discontented. In so far as they think consistently, moralists who condemn luxury must recommend the comparatively desireless existence of the wild life roaming in the woods as the ultimate ideal of civilized life.
