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Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.

Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less read more

Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Infinite riches in a little room.

Infinite riches in a little room.

by Christopher Marlowe Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a
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Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a
revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most
certain wealth of all.
[Lat., Non esse cupidum, pecunia est; non esse emacem, vectigal
est; contentum vero suis rebus esse, maximae sunt, certissimaeque
divitiae.]

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These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!

These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!

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Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.

Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.

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Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with read more

Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broken in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.

by R. Venning Found in: Wealth Quotes,
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It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth
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It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth
with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World
axiom--Richesse oblige.

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