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A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
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.
Uncle claims that if he files his income tax wrong he'll go to jail, and if he files it right read more
Uncle claims that if he files his income tax wrong he'll go to jail, and if he files it right he'll go to the poor house.
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only read more
Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.
Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.
Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and read more
Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.
