1600 – 1900 CE
The origins of modern markets, from the Dutch tulip mania to the Gilded Age.
I never speculate. I see a sure thing and I go for it.
— Jay Gould
"I never speculate. I see a sure thing and I go for it."
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 ..."
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..."
"The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay w..."
Buy when there is blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own.
— Nathan Mayer Rothschild
"Buy when there is blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own."
"There is nothing so patient as money, and nothing so impatient as the man who wa..."
I am not a hard woman but I don't like to lose money.
— Hetty Green
"I am not a hard woman but I don't like to lose money."
I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other h…
"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."
There is no great secret in fortune making. All you do is buy cheap and sell dear.
"There is no great secret in fortune making. All you do is buy cheap and sell dea..."
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."
Who wants to be a millionaire? I do not. I just want to live…
"Who wants to be a millionaire? I do not. I just want to live like one."
I buy when things are low and nobody wants them. I keep them…
"I buy when things are low and nobody wants them. I keep them until they go up an..."
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