The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

故事是一台用来思考的机器。

If you control someone's interests, you control their expectations, and thus their actions.

选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·申韩》。曲木，弯曲的木头。恶，厌恶、怕。绳，木匠用以裁曲取直的墨绳。奸邪，奸邪之人。正法，公正无私的法律。这句话以曲木畏直绳作类比，说明公正无私之法对奸邪之人的威慑作用。