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About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - read more
In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.
What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing read more
What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.
Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.
Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.
When we speak of the commerce with our colonies, fiction lags
after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold read more
When we speak of the commerce with our colonies, fiction lags
after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold and
barren.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from read more
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the read more
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
