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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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A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a
little wife well will'd, are great riches.

A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a
little wife well will'd, are great riches.

by Unattributed Author 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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Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their
thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God
Almighty read more

Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their
thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God
Almighty has appointed this His universe to go.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.

Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.

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The ungovernable passion for wealth.
[Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]

The ungovernable passion for wealth.
[Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]

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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches
certainly make themselves wings; they fly away read more

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches
certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward
heaven.

by Bible Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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And to hie him home, at evening's close,
To sweet repast, and calm repose.
. . . read more

And to hie him home, at evening's close,
To sweet repast, and calm repose.
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From toil we wins his spirits light,
From busy day the peaceful night;
Rich, from the very want of wealth,
In heaven's best treasures, peace and health.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate;
Laying read more

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate;
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the
time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

by Bible Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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