# Quote — B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

> If you wish to survive, you have to win the battle.

- Author: [B. Traven](https://www.leafyquotes.com/b-traven.md)
- Book: [The Treasure of the Sierra Madre](https://www.leafyquotes.com/b-traven/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre.md)
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> It is always more convenient to dream of what might be.

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> A working-man's life is a dog's life, that's what it is.

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> It isn't the gold that changes man, it is the power which gold gives to man that changes the soul of man. This power, though, is only imaginary. If not recognized by other men, it does not exist.

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