“As W. C. Fields once said: a thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.”
Steven D. Levitt (1967) American economist
Source: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
“If a thing is worth having, it's worth cheating for.”
My Little Chickadee (1940)
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