Money Quotes
Wealth, poverty, and everything the ledger can and can't measure.
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"Ambition and avarice are the twin diseases of the soul."Michel de Montaigne
"The man who loves money more than life has already chosen death."Petronius
"Money is a means to freedom, not the destination itself."Petronius
"Money is not everything, but it is something."Apuleius
"Money reveals character more truly than any amount of conversation."Diogenes Laërtius
"Money is petrified possibility; use it wisely."Diogenes Laërtius
"The poor go to bed supperless."Juvenal
"The rich man's dog eats meat, while the poor man's dog eats bones."Juvenal
"No passion is stronger than the love of money."Juvenal
"Money was not made to be hoarded, but to be used."Juvenal
"The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least."Plutarch
"Love of money is the root of all vice."Plutarch
"Wealth, it is a commodity that tends to multiply."Plutarch
"Money is a tool for the wise and a master for the foolish."Apuleius
"Money is the measure of civilization's corruption."Apuleius
"The greatest wealth is a poor man's contentment."Petronius
"Money can buy comfort but not contentment; pleasure but not joy."Petronius
"Money is congealed energy; use it wisely or it will use you."Porphyry
"Money is frozen time; spend yours on what truly matters."Porphyry
"The true wealth is a contented mind."Diogenes Laërtius
"Money is useful only insofar as it purchases freedom."Diogenes Laërtius
"The poor man is everywhere a stranger."Juvenal
"Money you possess is the instrument of freedom; money that possesses you is the instrument of slavery."Juvenal
"It is not he that has little, but he that craves more, that is poor."Plutarch
"It is not for the benefit of the creditors that the wise preserve credit."Plutarch
"Debt is a terrible school, but few are graduated."Plutarch
"Money is the necessary evil of a civilized world."Apuleius
"The vulgar crowd measures happiness by the abundance of possessions."Petronius
"The merchant values the price of all things and the worth of none."Petronius
"The greatest wealth is poverty of desires."Diogenes Laërtius