&gt; He&#x27;s smart because, after spending half his life amassing a fortune, he is now spending the other half of his life spending it<p>So it does not matter how the fortune was amassed in the first place? As long as you spend some of it and polish your PR image later on ?<p>People forget&#x2F;forgive pretty fast, for me that&#x27;s the only thing I retain from this story.