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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.
John D. Rockefeller
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John D. Rockefeller
Age: 97 †
Born: 1839
Born: July 8
Died: 1937
Died: May 23
Accountant
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Richford
New York
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
Sr.
john d. rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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