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George S. Clason

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born

November 07, 1874 in Louisiana, Missouri, The United States

died

April 07, 1957

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction

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George Samuel Clason, also known as George S. Clason. George Samuel Clason was born in Louisiana, Missouri, and died in Napa, California.

During his eighty two years he was a soldier, businessman and writer. He served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.

Clason started two companies, the Clason Map Company of Denver Colorado and the Clason Publishing Company. The Clason Map Company was the first to publish a road atlas of the United States and Canada, and did not survive the Great Depression.

George Clason is best known for writing a series of informational pamphlets about being thrifty and how to achieve financial success. He started writing the pamphlets in 1926, using parables that were set in ancient Babylon. Banks an...more

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Books by George S. Clason

Average rating: 4.11 · 6,840 ratings · 671 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The Richest Man in Babylon 4.11 avg rating — 6,752 ratings — published 1926 — 60 editions	My rating:
	The Richest Man in Babylon: Blueprint for Financial Success - Lesson 2: Seven Remedies for a Lean Purse, the Debate of Good Luck & the Five Laws o 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	The Richest Man in Babylon : Orang Terkaya di Babylon 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Richest Man in Babylon/As a Man Thinketh by George S. Clason, James Allen 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	L'Homme Le Plus Riche de Babylone / The Richest Man in Babylon 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	Catholic, Jew, Ku Klux Klan: What They Believe, Where They Conflict 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Find Your Right Job By George S. Clason 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Gold Ahead by George S. Clason 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Richest Man in Babylon and The Magic Story by Napoleon Hill, George S. Clason, Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Richest Man in Babylon by Clason George S., George S Clason, George S. Clason 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1988	My rating:

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Quotes by George S. Clason

“Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.”
― George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

tags: advice

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“Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared. a”
― George S. Clason

tags: opportunity , preparation

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“It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.”
― George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon

tags: advice , friend

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