“If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.” IfsMenKindSaidJoyWealthPleasurePoorPayToo MuchCitizensComfortableFellowsSakeEsteemDoing GoodGave UpPoor ManBenevolentMisersAccumulating Wealth Book:Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth Source: Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth
“One of those poor fellows that had become a Christian was badgered by his companions; and one of them said, "How do you know that Jesus Christ has forgiven your sins? " The man turned at once and said, "How do you know when you have got sugar in your tea?” KnowsMenSaidChristianJesusChristSinPoorHe ManJesus ChristFellowsTeaCompanionDo You KnowSugarForgiven Author:John Bartholomew Gough
“Buffett, when he gave away his money, referenced Carnegie. He quoted from Carnegie. When he said, "The man who dies rich dies disgraced," in the 1880s, his fellow millionaires looked on him like he was a lunatic, you know, an idiot, a mad man.” KnowsMenSaidDiesRichHe ManFellowsMadIdiotMillionaireLunaticMad MenCarnegieBuffett Author:David Nasaw
“God bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said and so say I; And bless him, also, that he didn't keep His great discovery to himself, nor try To make it, as the lucky fellow might A close monopoly by patent-right.” MenTryingFirstsSaidMightSleepHe ManLuckyDiscoveryFellowsBlessMonopolyGod BlessPatents Book:The Money-king: And Other Poems Source: The Money-king: And Other Poems
“There were two brothers called Both and Either; perceiving Either was a good, understanding, busy fellow, and Both a silly fellow and good for little, Philip said, "Either is both, and Both is neither.” LittlesSaidTwoUnderstandingBrotherFellowsBusySillyPhilipTwo BrothersGood Understanding Book:Plutarch's Morals Source: Plutarch's Morals
“[Australian Reserve Bank] Governor MacFarlane said recently when Paul Volcker broke the back of American inflation it's regarded as the policy triumph of the Western world. When I broke the back of Australian inflation they say, "Oh, you're the fellow that put the interest rates up." Am I not the same fellow that gave them the 15 years of good growth and high wealth that came from it?” WorldYearsSaidGrowthInterestWealthPolicyFellowsWesternRateBrokeTriumphGovernorsReservesInflationAustralianWestern WorldInterest Rate Author:Paul Keating