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Classical antiquity7 quotes
The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool. — Aristotle · 322 BCWealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent. — Socrates · 375 BCMany evil men are rich, and good men poor,
But we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches. — Solon · 560 BCA great fortune is a great slavery. — Seneca · 44It is not he who has many possessions that you should call blessed: he more rightly deserves that name who knows how to use the gods' gifts wisely and to endure harsh poverty, and who fears dishonor more than death. — Horace · 11 BCThe renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. — Sallust · 42 BCAll 7 quotes →New Testament Era4 quotes
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. — Jesus · 60No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. — Jesus · 60For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? — Jesus · 60Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. — Jesus · 60Colonial America3 quotes
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744The Renaissance3 quotes
Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress. — Francis Bacon · 1605I glory
More in the cunning purchase of my wealth,
Than in the glad possession. — Ben Jonson · 1606They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. — William Shakespeare · 1598Age of Enlightenment2 quotes
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Why should man be in love with his fetters, though of gold? — Francis Bacon · 1626Old Testament Era2 quotes
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall. — Proverbs 11:28 · 686 BCGive me neither poverty nor riches. — Proverbs 30:8 · 686 BCAncient Egypt1 quote
Do not set your heart on wealth…
Do not strain to seek increase,
What you have, let it suffice you.
If riches come by theft,
They will not stay the night with you….
They made themselves wings like geese,
And flew away to the sky. — Amenemope · 1075 BCProtestant Reformation1 quote
So our Lord God commonly gives riches to those gross asses to whom He vouchsafes nothing else. — Martin Luther · 1566