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Money can't buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.
Money can't buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.
Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you read more
Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence. Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers your scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you'll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity? Is this the root of your hatred of money?
It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without read more
It's not so much the amount of tax we pay - it's the sense that our pocket's being picked without our knowing what's going on.
Money will not buy happiness, but it will let you be unhappy in nice places.
Money will not buy happiness, but it will let you be unhappy in nice places.
