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"Rich people tend to buy things that appreciate in value. Poor people tend to buy things that depreciate in value".

Obviously not a universal truth, but applied to money and/or time it's something that I try to keep in the back of my mind.

It sounds useful when you phrase it that way, but a little less so if you rephrase it like this:

"Everyone buys things that depreciate in value. Rich people can also afford to buy some things that appreciate in value."

Rich people buy both... they can afford it.