Identity & Culture1 book · 3 highlights
Family Motto as Operating System
Books Teaching This Pattern
Evidence
I, Baron Thyssen: Memoirs (translated)
Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza · 3 highlights
"what my grandfather had very clear when he repeated time and again: "Wenn Ich rasten Ich rosten" ("If I rest, I rust")."
"In the emblem or shield of the Thyssens, this maxim stands out: "La vertu surpasse la richesse" (Virtue surpasses wealth)."
"each of my ancestors has been raising the bar higher for their successor, which I find fantastic, because I believe that the most important thing in life is to always maintain impeccable conduct, based on principles of integrity, personal dignity, and chivalry."
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