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    Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a
    revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most
    certain wealth of all.
    [Lat., Non esse cupidum, pecunia est; non esse emacem, vectigal
    est; contentum vero suis rebus esse, maximae sunt, certissimaeque
    divitiae.]

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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

by Barack Obama Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
[Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa
Fortuna.]

Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
[Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa
Fortuna.]

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This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

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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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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?

by Don Marquis Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

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I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help
humanity forward, even in the hands of read more

I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help
humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker.
The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that
can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeals to
selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine M
anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi armed with the money-bags
of Carnegie?

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