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    You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I
    were to become suddenly rich and powerful. Who can determine
    what would be his future conduct? Tell me, if you were to become
    a lion, what sort of a lion would you be?

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I have no riches but my thoughts Yet these are wealth enough for me.

I have no riches but my thoughts Yet these are wealth enough for me.

by Sara Teasdale 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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Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune read more

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.

Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no read more

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.

by Douglas Adams Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from read more

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

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'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being read more

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

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Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a
well-stored chest intercepts the truth.
[Lat., Opes read more

Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a
well-stored chest intercepts the truth.
[Lat., Opes invisae merito sunt forti viro,
Quia dives arca veram laudem intercipit.]

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