"Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence..." - Quote by Mark Twain
Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
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“I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted, fat, benevolent people do.”
“Eight grown Americans out of ten dread the coming of the Fourth, with its pandemonium and its perils, and they rejoice when it is gone-if still alive.”
“My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example.”
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“Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.”
“Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction.”
“Economy is a great revenue.[Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]”
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“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse of a prosperity whose builders boasted their practicality has come the conviction that in the long run economic morality pays.”
“That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few.”
“When you taste honey, remember gall.”