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Philosophical literature6 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 BCRiches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress. — Francis Bacon · 1605A great fortune is a great slavery. — Seneca · 44Property, possessions and riches had also finally trapped him. They were no longer a game and a toy. They had become a chain and a burden. — Hermann Hesse · 1922He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him. — Bion of BorysthenesBiography1 quote
He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him. — Bion of BorysthenesComedy (play)1 quote
They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. — William Shakespeare · 1598Drama1 quote
You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man. — Kane · 1941Drama (film)1 quote
You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man. — Kane · 1941Economic literature1 quote
Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958Feminist literature1 quote
Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty. — Mary Astell · 1696Historical literature1 quote
In truth, prosperity tries the souls even of the wise. — Sallust · 42 BCReligious literature1 quote
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 · 60Sociology1 quote
Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive. — John Kenneth Galbraith · 1958Western1 quote
Yeah, I know what gold does to men's souls. — Howard · 1948Western (film)1 quote
Yeah, I know what gold does to men's souls. — Howard · 1948