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A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money
answereth all things.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money
answereth all things.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
There is a penalty for trying to knock
down a cockpit door, but it's the people
who try to go read more
There is a penalty for trying to knock
down a cockpit door, but it's the people
who try to go from coach to 1st class
they really beat up.
Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.
Prospering just doesn't have to do with 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, which is of very uncertain value, and sometimes has no
value at all and even less.
Money, which is of very uncertain value, and sometimes has no
value at all and even less.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
The love of money is the root of all evil.