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It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.
—Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
Major labels didn’t start showing up really until they smelled money, and that’s
all they’re ever going to be attracted to is money—that’s the business they’re in
—making money.
—Ian MacKaye, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.
—Mohammed, Prophet of Islam
It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
—John D. Rockefeller, industrialist, cofounder of Standard Oil Co., and philanthropist
Yet in buying goods it is best to pay ready money, because he that sells upon
credit expects to lose five per cent, by bad debts; therefore, he charges on all he
sells upon credit an advance that shall make up that deficiency.
—Benjamin Franklin, US founding father and inventor
Wealth is the abundance of something in such surplus that no conditions can
destroy it. Making a lot of money is one thing, getting rich another. Creating
wealth, well, that’s what very few people ever learn. You have heard the
