“To get rich, one must have but a single idea, one fixed, hard, immutable thought: the desire to make a heap of gold. And in order to increase this heap of gold, one must be inflexible, a usurer, thief, extortionist,… — Petrus Borel Copy Share Image
“In Paris there are two dens, one for thieves, the other for murderers. The den of thieves is the Stock Exchange; the den of murderers is the Courthouse.” — Petrus Borel Copy Share Image
“I do not believe that one can become rich without being a shark; a sensitive man will never amass wealth.” — Petrus Borel Copy Share Image
“To get rich, one must have but a single idea, one fixed, hard, immutable thought: the desire to make a heap of gold. And… — Petrus Borel Copy Share Image
“It is only on the basis of the probable and the apparent that men bereft of a sixth sense are able to sit in… — Petrus Borel Copy Share Image
“In Paris there are two dens, one for thieves, the other for murderers. The den of thieves is the Stock Exchange; the den of… — Petrus Borel Copy Share Image
“Shame on those who remain unmoved, whose pace fails to quicken, on entering one of these old habitations, a manor-house falling to wrack and… — Petrus Borel Copy Share Image
“You'll always be a pretty unhappy man if you are always going to insist on digging and getting beneath things, instead of viewing just… — Petrus Borel Copy Share Image
