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    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.

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Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no read more

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.

by Douglas Adams Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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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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He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.

He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.

Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I
were to become suddenly rich read more

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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The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
[Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias read more

The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society.
[Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias pasan en el mundo.]

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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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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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I have mental joys and mental health,
Mental friends and mental wealth,
I've a wife that I read more

I have mental joys and mental health,
Mental friends and mental wealth,
I've a wife that I love and that loves me;
I've all but riches bodily.

by William Blake Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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