wealth quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"Wealth is the slave of a wise man and the master of a fool."
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"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
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"Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame."
180
"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom."
580
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
652
"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion."
690
"Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money."
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"All wealth is the product of labor."
952
"It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living."
1001
"Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires."
636
"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!"
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