New Delhi, April 7 -- Human actions are often more complex than they appear on the surface. Today, we delve into one of the famous quotes by American financier and investment banker John Pierpont Morgan: "A man always has two reasons for what he does - a good one and the real one."

John Pierpont Morgan was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1837, educated in Boston and at the University of Gottingen, and began his career in 1857 as an accountant before moving into his father's banking network in New York.

He rose from partner at Drexel, Morgan & Co. to head of J.P. Morgan & Co., becoming one of the most powerful financiers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Morgan reorganised major railroads, helped shape General Electric, US St...