It is everyone's bounden duty to try to get more than they have got already. If you have got two shillin' you try to make it into four shillin' .. . there is no end to it.

Barry Unsworth
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This quote is one of the most famous quotes of Sir Thomas More, an English lawyer who wrote the classic 15th century book Utopia. The quote is often attributed to More’s belief that it is everyone’s bounden duty to try to get more than they have got already. The idea is that if you’re happy with what you have, it’s your duty to try to make more money. But if you’re not, you should try to make more money.

Source: Sacred Hunger

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