Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)
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Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)
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#2I love reading things from 150 years ago that are more relevant than ever. Thanks for sharing.
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#3Didn't the author of this come up with "There is a sucker born every minute" quote
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#421. THERE ARE NO RULES
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#5Didn't the author of this come up with "There is a sucker born every minute" quote
That's almost certainly a misattribution:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_a_sucker_born_every_...
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#6PT Barnum - the pg of the 19th century
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#7This is actually pretty brilliant.
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#8I love this part:
The poor spendthrift vagabond says to a rich man:
"I have discovered there is enough money in the world for all of us, if it was equally divided; this must be done, and we shall all be happy together."
"But," was the response, "if everybody was like you, it would be spent in two months, and what would you do then?"
"Oh! divide again; keep dividing, of course!"
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#9Our credit card driven culture could certainly use his advice on avoiding debt.
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#10Thank you for posting this. It is profoundly helpful.