Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"A man's true wealth is measured not by his possessions but by his influence on others."
Isocrates
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"The pursuit of wealth without purpose is a hollow victory."
Pericles
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"Money is a tool, not a treasure; use it wisely."
Pericles
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"The money spent on learning is the only investment that compounds infinitely."
Aristarchus
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"Money cannot buy what understanding provides freely."
Aristarchus
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"Money is a tool; it reveals your character by how you use it."
Isocrates
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"Money reveals what we truly value when we must choose."
Isocrates
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"Money is a measure of value, but it is not value itself."
Pericles
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"Money is only so useful as it is spent."
Xenophon
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"The love of money is a disease, but not one that makes men unhappy."
Thucydides
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"The love of gain never made a state, but often makes an individual."
Thucydides
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"The greatest wealth is not in gold, but in the virtue of citizens who freely choose justice."
Pericles
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"The richest man is he who desires the least."
Xenophon
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"Those who possess much wish to possess more."
Thucydides
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"Money is a good servant but a bad master"
Herodotus
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"The love of money is the root of all evil"
Herodotus
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"Money has made many men; money has lost many men."
Pindar
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"All things are obedient to money."
Xenophon
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"The most valuable currency is credibility."
Thucydides
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"Money is a tool for good health, but good health cannot be bought."
Hippocrates
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"Wealth obtained through vice is poverty of the spirit."
Xenophon
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"The pursuit of wealth without wisdom is the pursuit of wind."
Xenophon
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"A man's true wealth is measured by what he can do without."
Xenophon
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"The cause of all the troubles will be found to be the love of money and the love of power."
Thucydides
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"Wealth brings luxury, luxury brings arrogance, and arrogance brings ruin."
Thucydides
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"The love of money is the root of all destruction in a state."
Thucydides
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"Wealth is a false god with many temples."
Herodotus
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"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not everyone's greed."
Herodotus
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"The greatest wealth is contentment with little."
Xenophanes
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"The money we accumulate is meaningless if we lose ourselves in its pursuit."
Pindar