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    Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.

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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

by Miguel De Cervantes Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

by Juvenal Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth
with us lies in obedience to the read more

It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth
with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World
axiom--Richesse oblige.

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A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a
little wife well will'd, are great riches.

A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a
little wife well will'd, are great riches.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from read more

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

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Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are
disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and read more

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are
disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who
shall gather them.

by Bible Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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No, he was no such charlatan--
Count de Hoboken Flash-in-the-Pan--
Full of gasconade and bravado,
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No, he was no such charlatan--
Count de Hoboken Flash-in-the-Pan--
Full of gasconade and bravado,
But a regular, rich Don Rataplane,
Santa Claus de la Muscavado,
Senor Grandissimo Bastinado!
His was the rental of half Havana
And all Matanzas; and Santa Ana,
Rich as he was, could hardly hold
A candle to light the mines of gold
Our Cuban owned.

by Edmund C. Stedman Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Much learning shows how little mortals know:
Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.

Much learning shows how little mortals know:
Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.

by Edward Young Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their
thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God
Almighty read more

Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their
thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God
Almighty has appointed this His universe to go.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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