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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.
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.
Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.
We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.
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.
Let none admire
That riches grow in hell; that soil may best
Deserve the precious bane.
Let none admire
That riches grow in hell; that soil may best
Deserve the precious bane.
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?
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly read more
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates, and calls for more.
