1600 – 1900 CE
The origins of modern markets, from the Dutch tulip mania to the Gilded Age.
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."
"I have been insane on the subject of moneymaking all my life."
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."
"A good bargain is always worth waiting for."
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..."
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."
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..."
"There is nothing so patient as money, and nothing so impatient as the man who wa..."
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."
I never buy at the bottom and I always sell too soon.
— Nathan Mayer Rothschild
"I never buy at the bottom and I always sell too soon."
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.
"You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ..."
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