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“My wealth is in my knowledge of self, love, and spirituality.” Muhammad Ali, “The Soul of a Butterfly” - 2004

“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Looking Forward” - 1933

“Wealth is the means—and people are the ends.” John F. Kennedy, “State of the Union Address” - 11 January 1962

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice” - 28 January 1813

“I think I could be a good woman if I had five thousand a year.” William Makepeace Thackeray, “Vanity Fair” - 1847

“We have come to a political deification of Mammon.” Theodore Roosevelt, “Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography” - 1913

“I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination.” Henry James, “The Portrait of a Lady” - 1881

“Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.” Honoré de Balzac, “Father Goriot” - 1835

“Better poverty without care, than riches with.” Aesop, “Aesop's Fables”

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” John F. Kennedy, “Inaugural Address” - 20 January 1961

“Simple, generous goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.” Louisa May Alcott, “Little Men” - 1871

“Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed” Anne Frank, “The Diary of a Young Girl” - 1947

“Prosperity's the very bond of love, whose fresh complexion and whose heart together affliction alters.” William Shakespeare, “The Winter's Tale” - 1623

“I'm sick of a system where the richest man gets the most beautiful girl if he wants her, where the artist without an income has to sell his talents to a button manufacturer.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise” - 1920

“A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.” George Bernard Shaw, “Man and Superman” - 1903

“She hath more hair than wit, and more faults than hairs, and more wealth than faults.” William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” - 1623

“Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt, since riches point to misery and contempt?” William Shakespeare, “Timon of Athens” - 1623

“The greatest victory in life is to rise above the material things that we once valued most.” Muhammad Ali, “The Soul of a Butterfly” - 2004

“She came from the most worthless of all classes—the rich, with a smattering of culture.” Virginia Woolf, “Mrs Dalloway” - 1925

“Oh, if the kind hearts only had fat purses, how much better things would go!” Victor Hugo, “Les Misérables” - 1862

“How heavy is the toll of sins and wrongs that wealth, power and prestige exact from man!” Mahatma Gandhi, “The Story of my Experiments with Truth” - 1929

“Wealth, I said, and poverty; the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.” Plato, “The Republic”

“In every ordered State, wealth is a sacred thing: in democracies it is the only sacred thing.” Anatole France, “Penguin Island” - 1908

“The parents of rich kids tended to be more patriotic because they had more to lose if the country went under.” Charles Bukowski, “Ham on Rye” - 1982

“Moreover the wealthy may have pity beyond right on the needy that befriended them when they were in want.” J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Hobbit” - 1937

“There is a serious tendency towards capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.” Mao Zedong, “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung” - 1964

“Business is a noble vocation, directed to producing wealth and improving our world. It can be a fruitful source of prosperity for the areas in which it operates, especially if it sees the creation of jobs as an essential part of its service to...” Pope Francis, “Laudato si'” - 24 May 2015

“This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.” John F. Kennedy, “State of the Union Address” - 14 January 1963

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. Dragons may not have much real use for all their wealth, but they know it to an ounce as a rule, especially after long possession; and Smaug was no exception.” J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Hobbit” - 1937

“Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish . . . know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of...” Alexandre Dumas, “The Count of Monte Cristo” - 1845

“The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy to invade his possessions.” Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” - 1776

“If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it ’cause he feels awful poor inside hisself, and if he’s poor in hisself, there ain’t no million acres gonna make him feel rich, an’ maybe he’s disappointed that...” John Steinbeck, “The Grapes of Wrath” - 1939

“The Master has no possessions. The more he does for others, the happier he is. The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.” Lao Tzu, “Tao Te Ching” - 4th century BC

“The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of...” Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” - 1776

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Vanity Fair (1)
Man and Superman (1)
This Side of Paradise (1)
The Winter's Tale (1)
Timon of Athens (1)
Mrs Dalloway (1)
Les Misérables (1)
The Story of my Experiments with Truth (1)
Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography (1)
The Republic (1)
The Portrait of a Lady (1)
Father Goriot (1)
Inaugural Address (1)
Penguin Island (1)