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Better safe than sorry; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven (John Milton, in Paradise Lost) [8] Be yourself; Better the Devil you know (than the Devil you do not) Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness; Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to ...
Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014) presents a body of empirical data spanning several hundred years that supports his central thesis that the owners of capital accumulate wealth more quickly than those who provide labour, a phenomenon widely described with the term "the rich-get-richer". [10]
Quote on a building of fashion designer Marlies Dekkers in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2019. 15 minutes of fame is short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon. The expression was inspired by a quotation misattributed to Andy Warhol : "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."
Snoop Dogg, Kevin Bacon, and more famous folks weigh in on the complexities of cold hard cash.
Beyond her famous quote, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time,” Angelou's words offer incredible insight into the human condition.
In 2023, what does wealth mean anyway? With stubborn inflation and rising costs, it seems that you need a ton of money to be considered wealthy. See: 4 Top Ways to Become Rich Without Working 12...
Rags to riches (also rags-to-riches) refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, and in some cases from absolute obscurity to heights of fame, fortune and celebrity—sometimes instantly. This is a common archetype in literature and popular culture, such as the writings of Horatio Alger, Jr.
Many in America’s top 10% still feel ‘very poor’ but billionaire Warren Buffett says most folks ‘live better than John D Rockefeller' — 3 tips to create real wealth with the income you have