"The rich are not a contented tribe. The……" — Felix Dennis
"The rich are not a contented tribe. The demands from others to share their wealth become so tiresome, so insistent, they often decide they must insulate themselves. Insulation eventually breeds a mild form of paranoia."
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85 Quotes by Felix Dennis
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Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous…
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The bottom line is that if I did it, you can do it. I got rich without the benefit of…
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Fear not. For fear itself is fed by fear, and all fears pass. Did no one tell you so? Come…
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It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can…
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I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going…
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People who grow rich almost always improve their sex life. More people want to have sex with them. That's just…
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Rich people always have a certain degree of debt. Apparently it helps to reduce taxes. I'm not so hot on…
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When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose…
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Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.
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Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to…
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Having a great idea is simply not enough. The eventual goal is vastly more important than any idea. It is…
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More Breeds Quotes
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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
— Henry Adams
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In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.
— William Bernbach
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The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
— William Blake
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He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
— William Blake
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Familiarity breeds contempt.
— Aesop
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Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter,…
— Bono
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Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law;…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
— Dale Carnegie
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Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so…
— George Chapman
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
— Felicity Kendal
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Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
— Abdul Kalam
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