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Money is always there but the pockets change.
Money is always there but the pockets change.
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead read more
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.
The sinews of affairs are cut.
The sinews of affairs are cut.
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you read more
Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence. Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers your scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you'll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity? Is this the root of your hatred of money?
Money will not buy happiness, but it will let you be unhappy in nice places.
Money will not buy happiness, but it will let you be unhappy in nice places.
Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns read more
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.
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
[Fr., L'argent est un bon serviteur, mais un mechant maitre."
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
[Fr., L'argent est un bon serviteur, mais un mechant maitre."
Money alone is absolutely good, because it is not only a concrete satisfaction of one need in particular; it is read more
Money alone is absolutely good, because it is not only a concrete satisfaction of one need in particular; it is an abstract satisfaction of all.