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Riches are apt to betray a man into arrogance. - Joseph Addison Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart. - Joseph Addison Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool. But for one end, one much-neglected use, Are riches worth your care; (for nature's wants Are few, and without opulence supplied;) This noble end is, to produce the soul; To show the virtues in their fairest light; To make humanity the minister Of bounteous Providence; and teach the breast The generous luxury the gods enjoy. - John Armstrong The rich are like beasts of burden, carrying treasure all day, and at the night of death unladen; they carry to their grave only the bruises and marks of their toil. - Saint Aurelius Augustine (Augustine of Hippo) Believe not much them that seem to despise riches; for they despise them that despair of them; and none are worse when they come to them. Be not penny-wise; riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves, sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more. - Francis Bacon I cannot call riches better than the baggage of virtue; the Roman word is better, impedimenta; for as the baggage is to an army, so is riches to virtue; it cannot be spared nor left behind, but it hindereth the march; yea, and the care of it sometimes loseth or disturbeth the victory; of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit. - Francis Bacon Men leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both. - Francis Bacon Of great riches there is no real use, except in the distribution; the rest is but conceit. - Francis Bacon Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress. - Francis Bacon Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. Yet have no abstract nor friarly contempt of them. - Francis Bacon The ways to enrich are many, and most of them foul. Parsimony is one of the best, and yet is not innocent; for it withholdeth men from works of liberality and charity. - Francis Bacon Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use. - Philip James Bailey No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. - Henry Ward Beecher Riches are not an end of life but an instrument of life. - Henry Ward Beecher Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law. - Henry Ward Beecher Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations, and maintain godliness therewith. It is hard to be a saint standing in a golden niche. - Henry Ward Beecher The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. XXII, v. 2) Labor not to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom. 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. 4-5) Of all the riches that we hug, of all the pleasures we enjoy, we can carry no more out of this world than out of a dream. - James Bonnell An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching. - Christian Nestell Bovee The heart contracts as the pocket expands. - Christian Nestell Bovee The use we make of our fortune determines its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely, and too much if expended foolishly. - Christian Nestell Bovee How many threadbare souls are to be found under silken cloaks and gowns! - Thomas Brooks He hath riches sufficient who hath enough to be charitable. - Sir Thomas Browne Misery assails riches, as lightning does the highest towers; or as a tree that is heavy laden with fruit breaks its own boughs, so do riches destroy the virtue of their possessor. - Robert Burton Displaying page 1 of 5 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5
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