Money Quotes
Wealth, poverty, and everything the ledger can and can't measure.
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"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."Moses Mendelssohn
"Money without morality is a curse."Moses Mendelssohn
"Money wielded by the powerless is a tool of liberation; money wielded by the powerful is often an instrument of control."Catharine Macaulay
"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."Moses Mendelssohn
"Money is the sinews of all action and all advancement."Friedrich Schiller
"Wealth without virtue is a burden upon the state and a curse upon the soul."Jean Bodin
"The natural right to property is the foundation upon which all commerce and industry rest."Jean Bodin
"The practice of usury corrupts commerce and leads to the impoverishment of the state."Jean Bodin
"Wealth is merely a tool; its value lies in how it serves the good."Christian Wolff
"The pursuit of money without purpose leads to spiritual poverty."Moses Mendelssohn
"Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"Money is a means, not an end."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"Wealth means nothing without happiness."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"Money cannot buy love or happiness."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"Wealth without wisdom is a burden upon the shoulders of the foolish."Jean Bodin
"Wealth concentrated in few hands breeds resentment and ultimately rebellion."Jean Bodin
"Money is merely a tool; the value lies in how justly it is used."Moses Mendelssohn
"Money without knowledge is power without purpose."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"Money invested in education is money invested in the future of all humanity."Joseph-Louis Lagrange
"Wealth without wisdom is a curse."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"Money is a tool, and like all tools, its value depends on the hands that wield it."Moses Mendelssohn
"Wealth without wisdom is a curse upon its possessor."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"The pursuit of money corrupts the pursuit of truth."Jean d'Alembert
"Money is a means to an end, not an end in itself."Jean d'Alembert
"Money is a means to an end, never an end in itself."Jean d'Alembert
"Money is a servant to those who master it, a master to those who serve it."Moses Mendelssohn
"Money is a means to happiness, not an end in itself; the rich man who pursues only wealth is spiritually poor."Claude Adrien Helvetius
"Money is a tool, not a master."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"Money cannot buy happiness, but it enables choices."Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
"Money in the hands of the ignorant becomes an instrument of oppression."Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach