Card VI-16: MARK TWAIN – Behold, the fool saith, ‘Put not all thine eggs in the one basket’ – which is but a manner of saying, ‘Scatter your money and your attention;’ but the wise man saith, ‘Put all your eggs in the one basket and – watch that basket.’

Series VI · Card 16 of 21 · THE COUNTING HOUSE

Behold, the fool saith, ‘Put not all thine eggs in the one basket’ – which is but a manner of saying, ‘Scatter your money and your attention;’ but the wise man saith, ‘Put all your eggs in the one basket and – watch that basket.’

MARK TWAIN · PUDD’NHEAD WILSON · 1894

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Source

“The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson” (1894), epigraph to ch. XV (“Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar”)

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About the author

American writer and humorist (1835–1910). Author of “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn”; lost a fortune as an investor himself and knew what he was talking about when it came to money.

The question on the back

How much attention do you give to what matters most to you?