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• Men who have great riches and little culture rush into business, because they are weary of themselves.

  Horace Greeley

  Men, Culture, Littles

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• The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.

  William Cobbett

  Desire, May, Wealth

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• Few men are both rich and generous; fewer are both rich and humble.

  Henry Edward Manning

  Humble, Men, Fewer

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• Nature does not conquer the world to God. It never has. It never will. In America, with its vast abounding wealth, its grand expanse of prairie, its reach of river, and its exuberant productiveness, there is danger that our riches will draw us away from God, and fasten us to earth; that they will make us not only rich, but mean; not only wealthy, but wicked. The grand corrective is the cross of Christ, seen in the sanctuary where the life and light of God are exhibited, and where the reverberation of the echoes from the great white throne are heard.

  Richard Salter Storrs

  Mean, Rivers, White

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 522), 1895.

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• Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows one.

  Owen Feltham

  Noble, Benefits, May

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• A man hath riches. Whence came they, and whither go they? for this is the way to form a judgment of the esteem which they and their possessor deserve. If they have been acquired by fraud or violence, if they make him proud and vain, if they minister to luxury and intemperance, if they are avariciously hoarded up and applied to no proper use, the possessor becomes odious and contemptible.

  John Jortin

  Men, Luxury, Violence

  John Jortin (1787). “Sermons on Different Subjects: By the Late Reverend John Jortin, ...”, p.75

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• We see how much a man has, and therefore we envy him; did we see how little he enjoys, we should rather pity him.

  Jeremiah Seed

  Men, Envy, Littles

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• O, my God! withhold from me the wealth to which tears and sighs and curses cleave. Better none at all than wealth like that.

  Christian Scriver

  Tears, Wealth, Curse

  Christian Scriver (1857). “Gotthold's Emblems: or Invisible things understood by things that are made. Tr. by R. Menzies”, p.24

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• Men who could willingly resign the luxuries and sensual pleasures of a large fortune cannot consent to live without the grandeur and the homage.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, Luxury, Sensual

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Journey to the Hebrides. Tales of the imagination. Prayers and sermons. Index”, p.309

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• Of riches it is not necessary to write the praise. Let it, however, be remembered that he who has money to spare has it always in his power to benefit others, and of such power a good man must always be desirous.

  Samuel Johnson

  Writing, Men, Good Man

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides”, p.319

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• Riches exclude only one inconvenience,--that is, poverty.

  Samuel Johnson

  Poverty, Inconvenience

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• Riches, perhaps, do not so often produce crimes as incite accusers.

  Samuel Johnson

  Crime, Produce, Accusers

  Samuel Johnson (1784). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes..”, p.68

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• Extol not riches then, the toil of fools,
  The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare, more apt
  To slacken virtue, and abate her edge,
  Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.

  John Milton

  Wise, Men, Fool

  John Milton (1853). “The Poetical works”, p.386

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• Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive,
  Get riches first, get wealth.

  John Milton

  Firsts, Wealth, Get Rich

  John Milton (2007). “Complete Shorter Poems”, p.460, Pearson Education

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• Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Grandchildren, Hungry Eyes

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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  If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Meaningful, Hope

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• Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Class, Rich

  "The Age of Uncertainty". Book by John Kenneth Galbraith, 1977.

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• No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Money, Men, Literature

  "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez, (p. 167), 1985.

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• Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

  Robert Orben

  Inspirational, Funny, Good Morning

  "Hitting Your Peak: Financial Strength" by Ryan Murphy, www.askmen.com.

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• Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

  Ayn Rand

  Money, Inspiration, Men

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.314, Hamilton Books

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• Money is usually attracted, not pursued.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Money, Greatness

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 02, 2016

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• How I measure riches is by the friends I have and the loved ones I have and the people I care about in my life and that is where my values are and those are my riches.

  Ann Romney

  People, Care, Loved Ones

  "Ann Romney: I dont' consider myself to be wealthy". www.foxnews.com. March 6, 2012.

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• Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Money, Firsts, Sometimes

  Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “The Social Contract”, p.621, Jean Jacques Rousseau

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• Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

  Donald Trump

  Funny, Inspiring, Money

  Donald Trump (2016). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.48, Random House

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• When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Life, Inspiring

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