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My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.
Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to read more
Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they should aim at. It is a science of the means to be applied for attainment of ends chosen, not, to be sure, a science of the choosing of ends. Ultimate decisions, the valuations and the choosing of ends, are beyond the scope of any science. Science never tells a man how he should act; it merely shows how a man must act if he wants to attain definite ends.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further read more
Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
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.
Emotions are your worst enemy in the stock market.
Emotions are your worst enemy in the stock market.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.
For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.
