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Downsides of wealth23 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 · 60The 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 BCPlenty has made me poor. — Ovid · 8He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress. — Francis Bacon · 1605All 23 quotes →Wealth15 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 · 60The 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 BCHe who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress. — Francis Bacon · 1605Why should man be in love with his fetters, though of gold? — Francis Bacon · 1626All 15 quotes →Wealth as burden7 quotes
Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress. — Francis Bacon · 1605Why should man be in love with his fetters, though of gold? — Francis Bacon · 1626Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty. — Mary Astell · 1696A 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 · 1922Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness. — John Ruskin · 1872All 7 quotes →Corrosive effects of wealth6 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 BCProsperity doth best discover Vice; But Adversity doth best discover Vertue. — Francis Bacon · 1625Yeah, I know what gold does to men's souls. — Howard · 1948Among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it. — G.K. Chesterton · 1912Prosperity brings with it an intoxication which inferior men are unable to resist. — Honore de Balzac · 1837Mo money mo problems2 quotes
He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. — William Shakespeare · 1598Accumulation of wealth1 quote
The more money an American accumulates the less interesting he himself becomes. — Gore Vidal · 1972Adversity1 quote
Prosperity doth best discover Vice; But Adversity doth best discover Vertue. — Francis Bacon · 1625Character1 quote
The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool. — Aristotle · 322 BCCounterfactual history1 quote
You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man. — Kane · 1941Excess1 quote
They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. — William Shakespeare · 1598Fools1 quote
The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool. — Aristotle · 322 BCGold1 quote
Yeah, I know what gold does to men's souls. — Howard · 1948Kingdom of God1 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 · 60Money1 quote
Yeah, I know what gold does to men's souls. — Howard · 1948Overcoming adversity1 quote
Prosperity doth best discover Vice; But Adversity doth best discover Vertue. — Francis Bacon · 1625Personal growth1 quote
Prosperity doth best discover Vice; But Adversity doth best discover Vertue. — Francis Bacon · 1625Poverty1 quote
Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent. — Socrates · 375 BCStress1 quote
He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Tests of character1 quote
In truth, prosperity tries the souls even of the wise. — Sallust · 42 BCThe rich1 quote
Among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it. — G.K. Chesterton · 1912