[DieHard the Hunter]

Thanks for that — it sounds sufficiently profound-yet-succinct to be a Russian quote.

[JohnA]

And Ayn Rand was Russian .... and according to the book The Millionaire Next Door, Russians have the highest millionaires-per-capita of all US immigrants - 2nd gen - followed by the Scots and the Hungarians. If you wish to verify this information, NYT has the first chapter free online at the book review section.