Downsides of success

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Success has ruin’d many a Man.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Downsides of success Success Character

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Paradox

Language

English

Time

1752 1750s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1752.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Bill Gates

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Topic

Downsides of success Hubris Success

Author

Bill Gates

Source

The Road Ahead

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gates, Bill and Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson. The Road Ahead. Viking Press, 1995, ch. 3.