Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"Money often costs too much."
Juvenal
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"The pursuit of wealth corrupts the soul and distracts from true happiness."
Porphyry
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"The accumulation of possessions creates an equal accumulation of anxieties."
Porphyry
A
"Money is a tool, not a master."
Apuleius
A
"Money cannot buy what the heart desires."
Apuleius
M
"Money cannot buy happiness."
Martial
M
"Wealth is more than money."
Martial
A
"Money is a tool, not a master."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Money cannot purchase what truly matters."
Ammianus Marcellinus
S
"Money is a good servant but a bad master."
Suetonius
S
"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver."
Suetonius
T
"The pursuit of money is often the root of discontent."
Tacitus
T
"Money can buy things, but not meaning."
Tacitus
J
"The wealthy man fears many things; the poor man fears only hunger."
Juvenal
J
"Money can buy many things, but it cannot buy a clear conscience."
Juvenal
J
"Money is a tool, not a master."
Juvenal
H
"Riches amassed in haste will diminish, but those collected by hand will multiply."
Horace
M
"Money is a tool for those who master it, a master for those it masters."
Martial
M
"Money follows purpose; purpose does not follow money."
Martial
L
"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver."
Livy
P
"All things are obedient to money."
Pliny the Younger
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"Wealth accumulated through corruption brings only hollow satisfaction."
Ammianus Marcellinus
T
"Money is merely a tool; wisdom is the true treasure."
Tacitus
T
"The pursuit of money at the expense of virtue is ruin."
Tacitus
M
"The true measure of wealth is not what you have, but what you can give away."
Martial
M
"Money is a means, not an end."
Martial
P
"The love of money grows as the money itself grows."
Pliny the Elder
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"Money, the most charming of deities, moves and controls all things."
Horace
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"The love of money is the root of all evil, yet money is the fruit of all labor."
Horace
P
"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."
Pliny the Younger