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A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches. - Unattributed Author, written in a copy of the "Grete Herbal" Wealth unused might as well not exist. - Aesop There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth, Without one fool or flatterer at your board, Without one hour of sickness or disgust. - John Armstrong, Art of Preserving Health (bk. II, l. 195) Seek not proud wealth; but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and love contentedly. - Francis Bacon 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. - Bible, I Timothy (ch. VI, v. 18-19) And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. - Bible, Matthew (ch. XIX, v. 24) Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. XXIII, v. 5) A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. XXVIII, v. 20) Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. - Bible, Psalms (ch. XXXIX, v. 6) 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. - William Blake, Mammon Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipped the devil If I thanked my God for worldly things. - William Blake, Riches But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, When we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late. - Will Carleton, The Ancient Miner's Story Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God Almighty has appointed this His universe to go. - Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present (ch. VI) The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship. - Andrew Carnegie Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. - Andrew Carnegie, Gospel of Wealth The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society. [Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias pasan en el mundo.] - Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra), Don Quixote (II, 43) BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all. [Lat., Non esse cupidum, pecunia est; non esse emacem, vectigal est; contentum vero suis rebus esse, maximae sunt, certissimaeque divitiae.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), Paradoxa (6, 3) It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend it like a gentleman. - Charles Caleb Colton It is only when the rich are sick, that they fully feel the impotence of wealth. - Charles Caleb Colton Wealth, after all, is a relative thing, since he that has little, and wants less, is richer than he that has much, but wants more. - Charles Caleb Colton Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield 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? - Albert Einstein The pulpit and the press have many commonplaces denouncing the thirst for wealth, but if men should take these moralists at their word, and leave off aiming to be rich, the moralists would rush to rekindle at all hazards this love of power in the people, lest civilization should be undone. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Without the rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wealth Displaying page 1 of 5 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5
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