Monday, May 31, 2010

Living in a State of Ambitious Poverty

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We all live in a state of ambitious poverty. – Juvenal

To turn $100 into $110 is work. To turn $100 million into $110 million is inevitable. – Edgar Bronfman

To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and keep absolutely sober. – Logan Pearsall Smith

If all the rich men in the world divided up their money amongst themselve, there wouldn’t be enough to go around. – Christina Stead

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year. –Leonardo da Vinci

The man who dies rich dies disgraced. – Andrew Carnegie


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