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Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit.
The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit.
Only little people pay taxes.
Only little people pay taxes.
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.
Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.
The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember read more
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.
The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense read more
In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known -- that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness.
