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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
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Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark.... In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed. ~Germaine Greer
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Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that they should be so burdened.
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Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
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The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.
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He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
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I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves.
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I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master in that line. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources, and in my experience I have rarely if ever met a man who achieved preeminence in money making.. certainly never one in manufacturing.. who was interested in many concerns.
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A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money to help others.
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Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
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I demand riches in definite terms I have a definite plan for acquiring richesI am engaged in carrying out my plan, and I am giving an equivalent,in useful service, of the value of those riches I demand.
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