Relative Risk Aversion

Famous quotes containing the words relative, risk and/or aversion:

    “It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.”
    —Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

    “My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.”
    —Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)