1600 – 1900 CE
The origins of modern markets, from the Dutch tulip mania to the Gilded Age.
I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other h…
— Jay Gould
"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."
He that sells what isn't his'n, must buy it back or go to pris'n.
— Daniel Drew
"He that sells what isn't his'n, must buy it back or go to pris'n."
"There is nothing so patient as money, and nothing so impatient as the man who wa..."
There is no great secret in fortune making. All you do is buy cheap and sell dear.
— Hetty Green
"There is no great secret in fortune making. All you do is buy cheap and sell dea..."
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reas…
— J.P. Morgan
"A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reas..."
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 am not a hard woman but I don't like to lose money.
"I am not a hard woman but I don't like to lose money."
Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and trust.
"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…
— Cornelius Vanderbilt
"Never tell anyone what you are going to do till you have done it."
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?"
"A good bargain is always worth waiting for."
Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
"Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket."
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