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Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
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.
For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.
For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.
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.
I work in a strange business, and trust is a word that's not even in the vocabulary.
I work in a strange business, and trust is a word that's not even in the vocabulary.
The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.
The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.
Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think.
Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think.
All currency is neurotic currency.
All currency is neurotic currency.
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.
