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“Sometimes I ask myself, Why the hell are we always in such a whirl? For the money? But why in the world do we need money, if all we ever do is keep working?”

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“If we pursue excellence, wealth and honour are bound to follow, in the purest way, from the good that we have done. But if we pursue wealth, as it were, putting the cart before the horse, we may end up with only the wealth, without the honour, or the good, or the excellence, which, for a life well lived, are worth far more than mere wealth.”

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Book:Augustus: Invitation to Philosophy

Source: Augustus: Invitation to Philosophy

“While ants and bees, and perhaps even wolves, may be more social than human beings, we are by far the most rational of all animals. Just as leopards ought to excel at running if they are to count as good leopards, so human beings ought to excel at reasoning if they are to count as good human beings. If we aim instead to excel at running or jumping or making money, we have not properly understood what it means to be a human being. Thus, of one who boasted of his diving, Aristippus [a student of Socrates] asked, ‘Are you not ashamed to be proud of that which a dolphin can do?”

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Book:Augustus: Invitation to Philosophy

Source: Augustus: Invitation to Philosophy

“Ideas must surpass gold to surpass time.”

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Book:World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“If you made a million dollars today what would you do with it? Start planning for the opportunity before it comes. Otherwise you may be that fool who parts ways with his money.”

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Author:Joseph Carty

“The law of compounding effect is one of the most powerful things if you use it in your favor. The question is are you using it to set yourself up for a great financial future?”

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“My pig has become a rat in his own right.”

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“Pickleball IS life. In fact, the game should replace fiat currency as a facilitator of trade. If you want to sell something tangible like a duck, why price it in dollars? Just haggle over units of pickleball play equal in value to a swimming bird.”

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Book:Powdered Saxophone Music

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“Think of what starlight And lamplight would lack Diamonds and fireflies If they couldn’t lean against Black. . . .”

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Book:Hailstones and Halibut Bones

Source: Hailstones and Halibut Bones

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