"The chase of gain is rich in..." - Quote by Confucius
The chase of gain is rich in hate
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“All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.”
“The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
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“For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a fortune value their money, not merely for its uses, like other persons, but because it is their own production. This makes them moreover disagreeable companions, because they will praise nothing but riches.”
“While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser.”
“There is enough for the need of everyone in this world, but not for the greed of everyone.”
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“Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable if our national life brings us nothing better than swollen fortunes for the few and the triumph in both politics and business of a sordid and selfish materialism.”
“You need not rest your reputation on the dinners you give.”
“There is goodness as well as greatness in simplicity, not in wealth.”