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    You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I
    were to become suddenly rich and powerful. Who can determine
    what would be his future conduct? Tell me, if you were to become
    a lion, what sort of a lion would you be?

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I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
[Lat., Nemini credo, qui large blandus read more

I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
[Lat., Nemini credo, qui large blandus est dives pauperi.]

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

by Socrates Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Infinite riches in a little room.

Infinite riches in a little room.

by Christopher Marlowe Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health,
And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth.

Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health,
And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth.

by Walter Harte Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity
and you need not give alms.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity
and you need not give alms.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time

Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time

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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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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.

by John Milton Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed
no more than seaweed.
[Lat., Et genus et read more

Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed
no more than seaweed.
[Lat., Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est.]

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