Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"Money, like virtue, is its own reward."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Money is a means, not an end."
Jean d'Alembert
"Money itself has value only insofar as it facilitates the acquisition of valued sensations."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"I believe that money is merely a tool; it is not the measure of worth."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"The human species is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow, and the men who lend."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"The only true wealth is the absence of desire."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Money is a means, not an end in itself."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Money is a tool, not a master."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver."
Catherine de Medici
"Money follows passion."
Catherine de Medici
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"Money is the root of nothing; it is merely a tool."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy freedom."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Money is a means, not an end."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Money should flow like water."
Marsilio Ficino
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"True wealth is measured in knowledge and virtue."
Poliziano Angelo
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"Money is a tool, not the measure of worth."
Poliziano Angelo
"The love of money corrupts; the love of knowledge elevates."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"Wealth means nothing without wisdom to use it well."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Money is a tool, not a master."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Money cannot buy happiness or love."
Giambattista della Porta
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"The greatest wealth is the richness of the cultivated intellect."
Marsilio Ficino
"Money is a tool, not a master"
Giambattista Vico
"Money without purpose is mere accumulation"
Giambattista Vico
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"The pursuit of money often blinds us to the true wealth of existence."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Money is a tool; the question is what we build with it."
Pico della Mirandola
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"The pursuit of money without purpose leads to poverty of spirit."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Money is frozen potential, nothing more, awaiting the hand of will to animate it."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Money is merely crystallized time and energy."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Wealth properly understood includes spiritual and intellectual riches."
Marsilio Ficino
"Money is a tool, not a master."
Catherine de Medici