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    Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays as compared with the past; the material goods that we now possess; the speed at which information, entertainment, and we ourselves move freely throughout the world - it seems to me that a person must be literally deaf and blind not to perceive that humanity is in a much better state than ever before.

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Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find read more

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it.

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Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and read more

Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves.

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Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in read more

Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.

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Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

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Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.

Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.

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There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."
A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, read more

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."
A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907.

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It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers.

It's not the bulls and bears you need to avoid -- it's the bum steers.

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High premiums are being paid today not particularly for quality service or long-term building of a business but rather for read more

High premiums are being paid today not particularly for quality service or long-term building of a business but rather for making money quickly, getting rich, and getting out. And that's wrong.

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I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

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