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In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more read more
In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in the cultural field. By frustrating the scribe's craving for commanding action, the trader draws upon himself the scribe's wrath and scorn.
The tougher the job, the greater the reward.
The tougher the job, the greater the reward.
Money isn't everything… but it ranks right up there with oxygen.
Money isn't everything… but it ranks right up there with oxygen.
Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information read more
Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
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.
It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.
It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell read more
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.
Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.
