The little quotes that invariably introduce or conclude product presentations are usually intensely annoying.
Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill, Warren Buffett and George Soros all seem prolific in delivering perfect nuggets of wisdom. Perhaps it is the refuge of the intellectually lazy to fall back on the pithy epithets of others. But it is dead useful, on occasion. Inevitably, there is a diamond from George Bernard Shaw: “You have a choice between the natural stability of gold and the honesty and intelligence of the members of government. And with all due respect for those gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, vote for gold.” Shaw’s words did not exactly spring to mi...
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