How beauteous are rouleaus! how charming chests
Containing ingots, bags of dollars, coins
(Not of old victors, all whose heads and crests
Weigh not the thin ore where their visage shines,
But) of find unclipt gold, where dully rests
Some likeness, which the glittering cirque confines,
Of modern, reigning, sterling, stupid stamp;--
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
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In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement,
psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common read more
In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement,
psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common
sense and the poets have long known--that the essence of money is
in its absolute worthlessness.
Money often costs too much.
Money often costs too much.
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
The sinews of affairs are cut.
The sinews of affairs are cut.
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made,
To turn a penny in the way of trade.
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made,
To turn a penny in the way of trade.
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
