Money Quotes

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

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"The true measure of wealth is how much time you own."
Pliny the Younger
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"The love of money, like the love of power, grows with the possession of it."
Tacitus
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"The pursuit of wealth is the pursuit of emptiness."
Tacitus
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"Money amplifies what is already in a man's heart."
Martial
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"Money is a servant to those who master it."
Martial
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"Money is the root of all evil, yet it is also the foundation of civilization."
Pliny the Elder
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"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."
Livy
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"Money is a tool, not a master."
Livy
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"Money is the root of all evil."
Suetonius
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"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."
Pliny the Younger
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"The love of money increases as the sum of money itself increases."
Tacitus
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"The pursuit of wealth without purpose is the poverty of the soul."
Tacitus
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"Money is a tool, not a destination."
Tacitus
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"Greed has toppled more empires than external enemies ever could."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Money is either a good servant or a terrible master."
Pliny the Elder
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"Money is a good servant, but a bad master."
Cato the Younger
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"Wealth without wisdom is a curse."
Livy
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"Money is a tool for building a better world."
Livy
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"Wealth without wisdom is a curse"
Cato the Elder
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"The love of money is the root of all evil"
Cato the Elder
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"Riches either serve or govern the possessor."
Horace
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"Money does not create man, but it is often money that kills him."
Horace
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"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
Pliny the Younger
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"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone."
Pliny the Younger
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"Wealth without wisdom breeds corruption and ruin."
Diocletian
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"Money is a tool, not a master; use it wisely or it will use you."
Constantine I
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"Money is a means to an end, not the end itself."
Constantine I
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"Money is a tool, not a master."
Septimius Severus
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"Greed is the root of decay."
Septimius Severus
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"The love of money increases as the amount of money increases."
Pliny the Elder