What do a Mistress and Cancer Have in Common?

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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated. – Henry Lousis Mencken




When I was young I used to think that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old, I know it is. – Oscar Wilde



There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it. – Cicero



No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well. – Margaret Thatcher



Money differs from an automobile, a mistress or cancer in being equally important to those who have it and those who don’t. – John Kenneth Galbraith



Life is short and so is money. – Bertolt Brecht

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Capitalism is Humanitarianism?

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Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable to you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated. – B.C. Forbes

Capitalism is humanitarianism. – Margaret Thatcher

Money alone sets all the world in motion. – Publius Syrus

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life. – Henry Ford

Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don’t do anything, they don’t make anything – they just stand there and take their cut. – Jean Giraudoux

I use the words “profit” and “capitalism” proudly. Because when business is healthy, all of society is healthy. – Henry Jack Gray

Business without profit is not business any more than a pickle is candy. – Charles F. Abbott

Social responsibility is tied directly to making a profit. – John D. Harper

It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies. – Woody Allen