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Money was made, not to command our will,
But all out lawful pleasure to fulfil.
Shame and read more
Money was made, not to command our will,
But all out lawful pleasure to fulfil.
Shame and woe to use, if we our wealth obey;
The horse doth with the horseman run away.
Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other five without it
Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other five without it
A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be.
Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be.
No man's credit is as good as his money.
No man's credit is as good as his money.
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine read more
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never read more
This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.
