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One rose says more than the dozen.
One rose says more than the dozen.
I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer read more
The rich adopt novelties and become accustomed to their use. This sets a fashion which others imitate. Once the richer classes have adopted a certain way of living, producers have an incentive to improve the methods of manufacture so that soon it is possible for the poorer classes to follow suit. Thus luxury furthers progress. Innovation "is the whim of an elite before it becomes a need of the public. The luxury today is the necessity of tomorrow." Luxury is the roadmaker of progress: it develops latent needs and makes people discontented. In so far as they think consistently, moralists who condemn luxury must recommend the comparatively desireless existence of the wild life roaming in the woods as the ultimate ideal of civilized life.
Since man does not create physical matter, those who handle material objects in the production process are not producers in read more
Since man does not create physical matter, those who handle material objects in the production process are not producers in that sense. Economic benefits result from the transformation of matter in form, location, or availability (intellectually or temporally). It is these transformations that create economic benefits valued by consumers, and whoever arranges such transformations contributes to the value of things, whether his hands actually come into contact with physical objects or not.
Only little people pay taxes.
Only little people pay taxes.
Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not.
Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not.
Hire the best. Pay them fairly. Communicate frequently. Provide challenges and rewards. Believe in them. Get out of their way read more
Hire the best. Pay them fairly. Communicate frequently. Provide challenges and rewards. Believe in them. Get out of their way and they'll knock your socks off.
