How beauteous are rouleaus! how charming chests
Containing ingots, bags of dollars, coins
(Not of old victors, all whose heads and crests
Weigh not the thin ore where their visage shines,
But) of find unclipt gold, where dully rests
Some likeness, which the glittering cirque confines,
Of modern, reigning, sterling, stupid stamp;--
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
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A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it's real money.
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Money is the sixth sense that makes it possible to enjoy the other five.
Money is the sixth sense that makes it possible to enjoy the other five.
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
The way to resumption is to resume.
The way to resumption is to resume.
I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.
I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.
Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that read more
Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.
