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George Samuel Clason was an American author. He is most associated with his book The Richest Man in Babylon which was first published in 1926.

George S. Clason was born in Louisiana, Missouri. He attended the University of Nebraska. He served in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War. Clason started two companies, the Clason Map Company of Denver Colorado and the Clason Publishing Company. The Clason Map Company was the first to publish a road atlas of the United States and Canada, and did not survive the Great Depression.

George Clason is best known for writing a series of informational pamphlets about being thrifty and how to achieve financial success. He started writing the pamphlets in 1926, using parables that were set in ancient Babylon. Banks and insurance companies began to distribute the parables, and the most famous ones were compiled into the book The Richest Man in Babylon - The Success Secrets of the Ancients. He is credited with coining the phrase, "Pay yourself first".

Clason was married twice, the first time to Ida Ann Venable and the second to Anna Burt. He died in Napa, California and was buried as Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Mateo County, California.

✵ 7. November 1874 – 7. April 1957

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The Richest Man in Babylon
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Famous George S. Clason Quotes

“Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.”

George S. Clason book The Richest Man in Babylon

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“Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts.”

George S. Clason book The Richest Man in Babylon

Source: The Richest Man in Babylon

“If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.”

George S. Clason book The Richest Man in Babylon

Source: The Richest Man in Babylon

“Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry the task you set for yourself to fulfillment.”

George S. Clason book The Richest Man in Babylon

Source: The Richest Man in Babylon

“Learning was of two kinds: the one being the things we learned and knew, and the other being the training that taught us how to find out what we did not know?”

George S. Clason book The Richest Man in Babylon

Source: The Richest Man in Babylon

“The hungrier one becomes, the clearer one's mind works— also the more sensitive one becomes to the odors of food.”

George S. Clason book The Richest Man in Babylon

Source: The Richest Man in Babylon

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