"Unexpected money is a delight. The same sum is a bitterness when you expected more."
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"If all men were rich, all men would be poor."
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"I went to the circus, and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent. I had my twenty-dollar gold piece and some other money, but I reckoned I better save it.... I ain't opposed to spending money on circuses, when there ain't no other way, but there ain't no use in wasting it on them."
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"The world turns on a dime, the same now as it always has — which is to say, money makes the world go 'round. It's also what makes the world go spinning out of control."
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"Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other obligations, are unable or unwilling to go deeper into debt. ... It is, moreover, only prudent economic and social policy for the public to share part of the costs of the long period of higher education for those whose development is essential to our national economic and social well-being. All of us share in the benefits - all should share in the costs."
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"Less coin, less care."
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"We all know how the size of sums of money appears to vary in a remarkable way according as they are being paid in or paid out."
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"No amount of pay ever made a good soldier, a good teacher, a good artist, or a good workman."
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"There is a secret to investing that cuts a path directly to the profits that you're looking for. The secret is simplicity. The more elementary your investment style, the more confident you can be of making money in the long run."
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"Three reasons not to have a [spending] plan: 1. You're rich enough to buy anything you want and still have plenty of money left over. 2. I forget the other two."
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"Everyone needs a small-town banker. Especially in a big town."
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"You don't date an annuity, you marry it. An annuity isn't a mutual fund that you buy today and sell tomorrow. Nor is it a certificate of deposit, ready for any new use at maturity. When you buy an annuity, you are making (or ought to be making) a 15- or 20-year commitment, at least."
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"A faithfully kept program of savings and conservative investments can give you more money and a better life than that of your neighbors who spend everything they get. This is probably the oldest financial advice in the world, but there are some things you can't improve on."
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"I wanted to give money to people like this woman so that they would be free from the moneylenders to sell their product at the price which the markets gave them — which was much higher than what the trader was giving them."
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"Money may not be your best friend, but it's the quickest to act, and seems to be favorably recognized in more places than most friends are."
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"True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!"
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"Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness."
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"If a man's religion does not affect his use of money, that man's religion is vain."
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"Fame is a very good thing to have in the house, but cash is more convenient."
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"In the early days, I didn't have the money to pay decent salaries, so I didn't get good people. I got nice people, but I didn't get good employees."
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