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When a man’s success becomes commonplace to him, it is his success no longer.

— Henry S. Haskins Meditations in Wall Street (1940)

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Imitation can acquire pretty much everything but the power which created the thing imitated.

Meditations in Wall Street (1940)

Compliments have lost their lure by the time a man does not have to fish for them.

Meditations in Wall Street (1940)

The man who has a dogmatic creed has more time left for his business.

Meditations in Wall Street (1940)

The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.

Meditations in Wall Street (1940)

A soul which is truly in earnest is not above disabling the body to discourage dangerous competition.

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