"Knowledge of the investment is most profitable..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
Knowledge of the investment is most profitable
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“He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.”
“I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence.”
“My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought proud; that my Pride show'd itself frequently in Conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any Point, but was overbearing & rather insolent; of which he convinc'd me by mentioning several Instances; - I determined endeavouring to cure myself ..., and I added Humility to my List, giving an extensive Meaning to the Word.”
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“I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock.”
“Our present tax system ... exerts too heavy a drag on growth ... It reduces the financial incentives for personal effort, investment, and risk-taking ... The present tax load ... distorts economic judgments and channels an undue amount of energy into efforts to avoidtaxliabilities.”
“An education is the investment with the greatest returns.”