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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In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement,
psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common
sense and the poets have long known--that the essence of money is
in its absolute worthlessness.
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Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man.
The sinews of business (or state).
The sinews of business (or state).
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My father said: "You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals."
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The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.
Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.
Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.
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I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.
Money often costs too much.
Money often costs too much.
