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Quote by John Jacob Astor
The first hundred thousand dollars that was hard to get; but afterward it was easy to make more.
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The quote says that building initial wealth is the hardest stage. Once the speaker had earned the first hundred thousand dollars, making more became easier. It points to the effort of getting started and the advantage of having money or experience already in place.
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- Life of John Jacob Astor, James Parton (1865)
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