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I wake up every morning and thank God I’m not a chartered accountant any longer, but involved with property.
I wake up every morning and thank God I’m not a chartered accountant any longer, but involved with property.
If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do read more
If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do it on the phone.
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.
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility read more
American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected.
Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4].
Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4].
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.
Value is not intrinsic; it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man read more
Value is not intrinsic; it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man reacts to the conditions of his environment.
The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.
The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.
