Financiers = Pawnbrokers with Imagination

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A perfect example of management by example and inspirtational leadership, Joan of Arc, was rewarded for her heroism by being burned at the stake. Martyrdom is a logical but seemingly inappropriate extension of management by example in the military, and probably in business as well. – Nicholas V. Iuppa

The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. – Sydney J. Harris

Clinomania, n. excessive desire to stay in bed. – Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary

It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion. – Horace

A financier is a pawnbroker with imagination. – Arthur Wing Pinero

Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot; unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad.

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