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Wealth49 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 BCNo 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 · 60Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent. — Socrates · 375 BCRiches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736All 49 quotes →Downsides of 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 burden6 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 · 1922He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him. — Bion of BorysthenesCorrosive effects of wealth5 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 BCAmong 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 · 1837When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals... The love of money as a possession—as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life—will be recognized for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity, one of those semi-criminal, semi-pathological propensities which one hands over with a shudder to the specialists in mental disease. — John Maynard Keynes · 1930Poverty4 quotes
Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent. — Socrates · 375 BCI've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is better. — Beatrice Kaufman · 1937Give me neither poverty nor riches. — Proverbs 30:8 · 686 BCTo trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it. — E.M. Forster · 1910Contentment3 quotes
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion. — Jim Carrey · 2014How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchFame3 quotes
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we have, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion. — Jim Carrey · 2014The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. — Sallust · 42 BCLove of money3 quotes
No 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 · 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 · 60I am a Millionaire. That is my religion. — George Bernard Shaw · 1905Money3 quotes
I am a Millionaire. That is my religion. — George Bernard Shaw · 1905Well, it's no trick to make a lot of money if all you want is to make a lot of money. — Mr. Bernstein · 1941Virtue never has been as respectable as money. — Mark Twain · 1869Virtue3 quotes
Many evil men are rich, and good men poor,
But we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches. — Solon · 560 BCThe renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. — Sallust · 42 BCVirtue never has been as respectable as money. — Mark Twain · 1869Accumulation of wealth2 quotes
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Do 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 · 60Greed2 quotes
People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and people have always delighted in it. — Voltaire · 1764Wealth is like sea-water; the more we have, the thirstier we become, and the same is true of fame. — Arthur Schopenhauer · 1851Mo 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 · 1598Power2 quotes
Riches, knowledge and honour are but several sorts of power. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? — Jesus · 60Rich vs. poor2 quotes
I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is better. — Beatrice Kaufman · 1937To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it. — E.M. Forster · 1910Sermon on the Mount2 quotes
No 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 · 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 · 60The rich2 quotes
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 · 1912If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man. — J. Paul Getty · 1957Acceptance1 quote
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Achievement1 quote
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. — Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1933Appetite1 quote
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchAttachment (Buddhism)1 quote
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854Capitalism1 quote
When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals... The love of money as a possession—as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life—will be recognized for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity, one of those semi-criminal, semi-pathological propensities which one hands over with a shudder to the specialists in mental disease. — John Maynard Keynes · 1930Character1 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 · 1941Democracy1 quote
In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing. — Anatole France · 1908Desire1 quote
How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato's maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery. — PlutarchDetachment from wealth1 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 BCDisplay of wealth1 quote
The chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches. — Adam Smith · 1776Enjoying life1 quote
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1736Excess1 quote
They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. — William Shakespeare · 1598