Most of the calamities which befall us are occasioned by our... - Jay Gould

"Most of the calamities which befall us are occasioned by our own ignorance or negligence."

Jay Gould Wisdom

Railroad Magnate American 1836–1892

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"I have the cheapest railroad in the world"

"The public be damned"

"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half"

"Money is power, and power is everything"

"I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed."

"The best things in life are free."

"You can't have everything in life, but you can have what matters most."

"A woman's intuition is rarely wrong."