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    If thou art rich, thou'rt poor,
    For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,
    Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey,
    And death unloads thee.

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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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A learned man has always wealth in himself.

A learned man has always wealth in himself.

by Latin Proverb Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now
obey the alluring influence of riches.
[Lat., Omnis read more

For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now
obey the alluring influence of riches.
[Lat., Omnis enim res,
Virtus, fama, decus, divina, humanaque pulchris
Divitiis parent.]

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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let
alone.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let
alone.

by Jeremy Taylor Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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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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That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate;
Laying read more

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate;
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the
time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

by Bible Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the
potentiality of growing rich beyond read more

We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the
potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told;
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All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told;
Many a man his life hath sold;
But my outside to behold.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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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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