Money Quotes

Wealth, poverty, and everything the ledger can and can't measure.

13074 quotes

"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
Moses Mendelssohn
"Money without morality is a curse."
Moses Mendelssohn
C
"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
F
"Money is the sinews of all action and all advancement."
Friedrich Schiller
J
"Wealth without virtue is a burden upon the state and a curse upon the soul."
Jean Bodin
J
"The natural right to property is the foundation upon which all commerce and industry rest."
Jean Bodin
J
"The practice of usury corrupts commerce and leads to the impoverishment of the state."
Jean Bodin
C
"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
G
"Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
C
"Money is a means, not an end."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
C
"Wealth means nothing without happiness."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
P
"Money cannot buy love or happiness."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
J
"Wealth without wisdom is a burden upon the shoulders of the foolish."
Jean Bodin
J
"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
J
"Money without knowledge is power without purpose."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
J
"Money invested in education is money invested in the future of all humanity."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
G
"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
C
"Wealth without wisdom is a curse upon its possessor."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
J
"The pursuit of money corrupts the pursuit of truth."
Jean d'Alembert
J
"Money is a means to an end, not an end in itself."
Jean d'Alembert
J
"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
C
"Money is a means to happiness, not an end in itself; the rich man who pursues only wealth is spiritually poor."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
G
"Money is a tool, not a master."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
G
"Money cannot buy happiness, but it enables choices."
Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
P
"Money in the hands of the ignorant becomes an instrument of oppression."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach