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    Who hath not heard the rich complain
    Of surfeits, and corporeal pain?
    He barr'd from every use of wealth,
    Envies the ploughman's strength and health.

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The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.

Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.

by Francis Bacon 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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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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Through life's dark road his sordid way he wends,
An incarnation of fat dividends.

Through life's dark road his sordid way he wends,
An incarnation of fat dividends.

by Charles Sprague Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great
fortune; to acquire it is difficult read more

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great
fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
[Lat., Facile est momento quo quis velit, cedere possessione
magnae fortunae; facere et parare eam, difficile atque arduum
est.]

by Titus Livy Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

by Henry George Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches
certainly make themselves wings; they fly away read more

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches
certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward
heaven.

by Bible Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would
not have given them to such read more

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would
not have given them to such a scoundrel.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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