1600 – 1900 CE
The origins of modern markets, from the Dutch tulip mania to the Gilded Age.
Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
— Jay Gould
"Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket."
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.
— Cornelius Vanderbilt
"You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ..."
What do I care about the law? Ain't I got the power?
"What do I care about the law? Ain't I got the power?"
Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and trust.
— J.P. Morgan
"Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and t..."
Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you have don…
"Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you have done it."
I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do…
"I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell me how to ..."
I never speculate. I see a sure thing and I go for it.
"I never speculate. I see a sure thing and I go for it."
The whole street is a losing game. It is only the insiders that make money.
— Daniel Drew
"The whole street is a losing game. It is only the insiders that make money."
Who wants to be a millionaire? I do not. I just want to live…
— Nathan Mayer Rothschild
"Who wants to be a millionaire? I do not. I just want to live like one."
Buy when there is blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own.
"Buy when there is blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own."
Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able…
"Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further."
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reas…
"A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reas..."
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