Wealth Quotes

• "It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous. [Lat., Facile est momento quo quis velit, cedere possessione magnae fortunae; facere et parare eam, difficile atque arduum est.]"
  By: Titus Livy
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• "He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately. [Lat., Dives fieri qui vult Et cito vult fieri.]"
  By: Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal)
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• "Common sense among men of fortune is rare. [Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa Fortuna.]"
  By: Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenal)
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• "Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed. [Lat., Et genus et virtus, nisi cum re, vilior alga est.]"
  By: Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
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• "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.]"
  By: Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
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• "Riches either serve or govern the possessor. [Lat., Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique.]"
  By: Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
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• "Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow; And what man gives, the gods by man bestow."
  By: Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")
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• "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.]"
  By: Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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• "The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society. [Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias pasan en el mundo.]"
  By: Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
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• "Much learning shows how little mortals know: Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy."
  By: Edward Young, Night Thoughts (night VI, l. 519)
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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."
  By: Edward Young, Love of Fame (satire V, l. 394)
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• "I envy none the gilding of their woe."
  By: Edward Young
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• "What does competency in the long run mean? It means to all reasonable beings, cleanliness of person, decency of dress, courtesy of manners, opportunities for education, the delights of leisure, and the bliss of giving."
  By: Edwin Percy Whipple
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• "What a man does with his wealth depends upon his idea of happiness. Those who draw prizes in life are apt to spend tastelessly, if not viciously; not knowing that it requires as much talent to spend as to make."
  By: Edwin Percy Whipple
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• "Wealth is not acquired, as many persons suppose, by fortunate speculations and splendid enterprises, but by the daily practice of industry, frugality, and economy. He who relies upon these means will rarely be found destitute, and he who relies upon any other will generally become bankrupt."
  By: Francis D.D. Wayland
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• "Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality."
  By: John Tyler
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