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• So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions. Those who contribute most to this kind of association are for that very reason entitled to a larger share in the state than those who, though they may be equal or even superior in free birth and in family, are inferior in the virtue that belongs to a citizen. Similarly they are entitled to a larger share than those who are superior in riches but inferior in virtue.

  Aristotle

  Together, Purpose, Noble

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• The rule in our society is that while those who kill once make wretched a single person are severely punished, those (heads of state, inventors, manufacturers) who are responsible for the death, mutilation or general wretchedness of thousands or millions are rewarded with fame, riches and prizes... If you are going to rob, rob big; if you're going to kill, kill big.

  Philip Slater

  Politics, Our Society, Fame

  Philip Slater (2016). “The Pursuit of Loneliness: America's Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal”, p.142, Beacon Press

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• All, or the greatest part of men that have aspired to riches or power, have attained thereunto either by force or fraud, and what they have by craft or cruelty gained, to cover the foulness of their fact, they call purchase, as a name more honest. Howsoever, he that for want of will or wit useth not those means, must rest in servitude and poverty.

  Walter Raleigh

  Mean, Power, Men

  "The Cabinet Council". Book by Walter Raleigh, Chapter 25, 1658.

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• America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Strength, Military, America

  Farewell Address, delivered 17 January 1961

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• It is not easy to be a pioneer but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.

  Elizabeth Blackwell

  Acceptance, Worst Moments, Pioneers

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• I have lived long enough to know that the evening glow of love has its own riches and splendour.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Love, Marriage, Long

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• We don't have to wait until we are old to gather the riches... We can gather them every day of our lives.

  Susan Jeffers

  Waiting, Age, Aging

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• There are plenty of ways to get ahead. The first is so basic I'm almost embarrassed to say it: spend less than you earn.

  Paul Clitheroe

  Money, Way, Firsts

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• Money is human happiness in the abstract.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Money, Philosophical, Wealth

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2013). “Religion From the Essays of Arhur Schopenhauer”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• It is true that money cannot buy happiness but it does make it possible for you to enjoy the best that the world has to offer.

  George S. Clason

  Money, Doe, World

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• Perhaps you know some well-off families who do not seem to suffer from their riches. They do not overeat themselves; they find occupations to keep themselves in health; they do not worry about their position; they put their money into safe investments and are content with a low rate of interest; and they bring up their children to live simply and do useful work. But this means that they do not live like rich people at all, and might therefore just as well have ordinary incomes.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Children, Mean, People

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• The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain.

  Matthew Henry

  Wealth, Impart

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• Riches have never yet given anybody either peace or rest.

  Billy Sunday

  Wealth, Given

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• 'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Power, May, Wealth

  Mary Wortley Montagu (2015). “Letters”, p.114, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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• I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.

  Mark Twain

  Witty, Money, Funny Inspirational

  Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.61, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• A society which reverences the attainment of riches as the supreme felicity will naturally be disposed to regard the poor as damned ... if only to justify itself for making their life a hell.

  R. H. Tawney

  Wealth, Hell, Poor

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• What is really desired, under the name of riches, is essentially, power over men ... this power ... is in direct proportion to the poverty of the men over whom it is exercised, and in inverse proportion to the number of persons who are as rich as ourselves.

  John Ruskin

  Men, Names, Numbers

  John Ruskin (2015). “Unto This Last”, p.244, John Ruskin

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• Poverty hath slain a thousand, but riches have slain ten thousand. They are very uncertain, they promise that which they cannot perform, neither can they afford a contented mind.

  Martin Luther

  Promise, Mind, Poverty

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• Riches I need not, nor man's empty praise.

  Alfred Korzybski

  Self Esteem, Men, Needs

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• I have not observed mens honesty to increase with their riches.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Trust, Money, Honesty

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.26, Modern Library

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• How will it be with us in the future life, when everything that has gratified us in this world: riches, honors, food and drink, dress, beautifully furnished dwellings, and all attractive objects-how will it be, I say, when all these things leave us-when they will all seem to us a dream, and when works of faith and virtue, of abstinence, purity, meekness, humility, mercy, patience, obedience, and others will be required of us?

  John of Kronstadt

  Dream, Humility, Dwelling

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• Never look at the visible supply; always look at the limitless riches in the formless substance and know that they are coming to you as fast as you can receive and use them.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Positive Thinking, Looks, Use

  Wallace D. Wattles, Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Louis M. Grafe, N. H. Moos, John McDonald “Get Rich In Spite of Yourself Collection - An "If You Can Count to Four..." Reference”, Lulu.com

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• In the same way that we today think that the slave trade and colonial exploitation were inhuman and inconceivably bestial ways of acquiring riches, there is no doubt that coming generations will think that our form of world trade and distribution of the world's benefits were just as inconceivable and inhuman.

  Erik Dammann

  Thinking, Doubt, Generations

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• Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broke in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.

  Nachman of Breslov

  Nuts, Teeth, Wealth

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• Seek the simplest in all things, in food, clothing, without being ashamed of poverty. For a great part of the world lives in poverty. Do not say, "I am the son of a rich man. It is shameful for me to be in poverty." Christ, your Heavenly Father, Who gave birth to you in the baptistery, is not in worldly riches. Rather he walked in poverty and had nowhere to lay His head.

  Gennadius of Constantinople

  Inspirational, Christian, Religious

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