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    Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill. Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey; The horse doth with the horseman away.

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If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some.

If you'd know the value of money, go and borrow some.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Money Quotes,
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The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
[Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae read more

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
[Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae vel
frugalitatis.]

by Titus Livy Found in: Shame Quotes,
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Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as read more

Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness, and ugliness.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Money Quotes,
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Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.

Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails,
And each by turns his aching heart assails.

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If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

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When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

by Francois Voltaire Found in: Money Quotes,
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.

Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.

by Fidel Castro Found in: Money Quotes,
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He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a read more

He was not born to shame.
Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit;
For 'tis a throne where honor may be crowned
Sole monarch of the universal earth.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Shame Quotes,
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A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

A nightingale dies for shame if another bird sings better.

by Robert Burton Found in: Shame Quotes,
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