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THOUGHTS ON
Value

“Value is not made “JUST
of money, but a BECAUSE
PEOPLE
tender balance of
THROW IT
expectation and OUT AND
longing.” DON’T
—BARBARA KINGSOLVER HAVE ANY
USE FOR IT
“WHO STEALS MY PURSE STEALS TRASH; DOESN’T
’TIS SOMETHING, NOTHING.” MEAN IT’S
—WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE GARBAGE.”
—ANDY WARHOL
“Statements of “EVERY ADVANCE
fact are after IN KNOWLEDGE
all statements, BRINGS US FACE “Beauties in vain “LOOK BENEATH
which presumes TO FACE WITH their pretty eyes THE SURFACE;
a number of THE MYSTERY OF may roll; charms LET NOT THE
questionable OUR OWN BEING.” strike the sight, SEVERAL QUALITY
OF A THING
judgments.”
—MAX PLANCK but merit wins NOR ITS WORTH
—TERRY EAGLETON the soul.” ESCAPE THEE.”
—ALEXANDER POPE —MARCUS AURELIUS
“Law, and force, and ether, and the like,
are merely useful symbols, while the “Price is a proposed
ignorant and the careless take them for point of agreement
adequate expressions of reality.”
between a buyer
—THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY
and seller. The
“GOLD IS THE CORPSE OF proposal is the key.
VALUE. WEALTH STORED It is not a marching
order.”
UP IN GOLD IS DEAD.” —JEFFREY TUCKER
—NEAL STEPHENSON
“IT IS IN DIALOGUE
“NETWORKS GAIN WITH PAIN THAT
SOVEREIGNTY THROUGH MANY BEAUTIFUL “One does not
THEIR OWN DIGITAL THINGS ACQUIRE cease to treasure CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: UPPA/ZUMAPRESS/NEWSCOM; AGIP/RDA/GETTY IMAGES; PRISMA/UIG/GETTY IMAGES; PERRY REICHANADTER; PICTURES LTD/CORBIS/GETTY IMAGES;
CURRENCY.” THEIR VALUE.” a gem simply
—OLAF CARLSON-WEE —ALAIN DE BOTTON because one owns
another that is
larger.”
—MARIE BRENNAN ETHAN PINES; PAKO MERA/ALAMY; THE PRINT COLLECTOR/GETTY IMAGES; COLIN MCPHERSON/CORBIS/GETTY IMAGES
FINAL
“THE ONE WHO GETS THOUGHT
WISDOM LOVES LIFE; THE “Money’s merits
ONE WHO CHERISHES
UNDERSTANDING WILL are measured by its
SOON PROSPER.” use, not amount.”
—PROVERBS 19:8 —MALCOLM FORBES
SOURCES: OTHELLO, BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE, BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER;
CRYPTONOMICON, BY NEAL STEPHENSON; THE RAPE OF THE LOCK, BY ALEXANDER POPE; MEDITATIONS, BY
MARCUS AURELIUS; LITERARY THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION, BY TERRY EAGLETON; WHERE IS SCIENCE GOING?, BY MAX
PLANCK; THE EVOLUTION OF THEOLOGY, BY THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY; THE TROPIC OF SERPENTS, BY MARIE BRENNAN.

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