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    It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great
    fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
    [Lat., Facile est momento quo quis velit, cedere possessione
    magnae fortunae; facere et parare eam, difficile atque arduum
    est.]

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And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through
the eye of a read more

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through
the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the
kingdom of God.

by Bible Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to
t'other world?

If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to
t'other world?

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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For wealth, without contentment, climbs a hill,
To feel those tempests which fly over ditches.

For wealth, without contentment, climbs a hill,
To feel those tempests which fly over ditches.

by George Herbert Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now
obey the alluring influence of riches.
[Lat., Omnis read more

For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now
obey the alluring influence of riches.
[Lat., Omnis enim res,
Virtus, fama, decus, divina, humanaque pulchris
Divitiis parent.]

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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let
alone.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let
alone.

by Jeremy Taylor Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.

I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.

by Jeremy Taylor Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
Who read more

All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
Who worship dirty gods.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly read more

Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates, and calls for more.

by Edward Young Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.

The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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