"Your second ducat, like your second million, is never quite as sweet."

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Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.186, Macmillan

William Poundstone

#Sweet Quotes #Never Quit Quotes #Like You Quotes

“When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.”
“I was a scientist. I know where the joy lies. It is wonderful finding a like-minded scientist and delving deep into the language that can only be understood by the handful of experts seated in the front row of your big talk. But good lord, it can be bo-ho-horing to the rest of the world. Make no mistake.”
“I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.”
“One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.”
“You cannot be anything you want to be - but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.”
“With wealth, one is in a position of responsibility. You must try to help others. It is as simple as that.”
“Poetry is the ultimate democracy.”
“For five years I've felt like the best prostitute in a high-class whorehouse. But all the other girls get paid more than I do.”

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