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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.
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
The IRS spends God knows how much of your tax money on these toll-free information hot lines staffed by IRS read more
The IRS spends God knows how much of your tax money on these toll-free information hot lines staffed by IRS employees, whose idea of a dynamite tax tip is that you should print neatly. If you ask them a real tax question, such as how you can cheat, they're useless. So, for guidance, you want to look to big business. Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes...
The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.
The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.
One rose says more than the dozen.
One rose says more than the dozen.
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.
When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving read more
When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.
When you hire people that are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the read more
The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.