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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 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?
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred read more
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many sorrows.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.
After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the read more
Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
