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““When fortune comes, do not enjoy all of it; when advantage comes, do not take all of it.””

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Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism.

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It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

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“The power of imagination is strongest in the place of solitude.”

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“Today the main source of wealth is knowledge. And whereas you can conquer oil fields through war, you cannot acquire knowledge that way.”

Yuval Noah Harari

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You can criticize Trump and his wealth all day long, but you can't say he hasn't worked. You can say that about the Clintons.

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From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of…

Giraldus Cambrensis

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“Poor people do not go on holiday; they go home.”

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of…

Henry David Thoreau

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Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power.

Ezra Taft Benson

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