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Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil read more
Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil and very little about human beings.
Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.
Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.
If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.
If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.
Buying is a profound pleasure.
Buying is a profound pleasure.
Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
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".
Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.
Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.
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.
High premiums are being paid today not particularly for quality service or long-term building of a business but rather for read more
High premiums are being paid today not particularly for quality service or long-term building of a business but rather for making money quickly, getting rich, and getting out. And that's wrong.
