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Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse
Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
Finance, like time, devours its own children.
Finance, like time, devours its own children.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians read more
Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out.
High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of read more
High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.
It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.
It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.
The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for the accountant.
The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for the accountant.
