Never get involved in a venture with a man who inherited his money and didn’t earn any himself. He’ll assume… — Charles Sheffield
Never get involved in a venture with a man who inherited his money and didn’t earn any himself. He’ll assume he’s smarter than you are, just because he’s rich and you’re not, and he’ll expect you to bow down to his greatness because for all his life people have.
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