“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it.”
Albert Einstein
This quote is commonly attributed to Albert Einstein, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. One could say that it has affected us quantitatively, not qualitatively.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source“Education is that which remains, if one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”
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“The noblest question in the world is, what good may I do in it?”
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— Andrew S. Grove Primary source“He that drinks fast, pays slow.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“It was for beauty that the world was made.”
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