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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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The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

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I wake up every morning and thank God I’m not a chartered accountant any longer, but involved with property.

I wake up every morning and thank God I’m not a chartered accountant any longer, but involved with property.

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There are different kinds of love, but they all have the same aim: possession

There are different kinds of love, but they all have the same aim: possession

by Andre Gide Found in: Possessions Quotes,
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The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.

The promise of yesterday are the taxes of today.

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In the midst of life we are in debt.

In the midst of life we are in debt.

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If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

by Thich Nhat Hanh Found in: Possessions Quotes,
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It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.

It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.

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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.

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