“If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor — poor in happiness, poor in all that makes life worth living.”

— Herbert N. Casson

Herbert N. Casson cited in: Forbes magazine (1950) The Forbes scrapbook of Thoughts on the business of life. p. 302
1950s and later

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Canadian journalist and writer 1869–1951

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