Money Quotes

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

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"Money is a tool, not a master; wise is the person who remembers the difference."
Pindar
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"Money is a tool, not a measure of worth."
Anaxagoras
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"Money should serve human flourishing."
Anaxagoras
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"Riches serve a wise man but rule a fool."
Aesop
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"The fool and his gold are soon parted by others."
Aesop
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"Money is the shadow of value, never the value itself."
Pindar
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"Money is frozen possibility waiting to become purpose"
Sappho
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"The accumulation of wealth without wisdom is like gathering clouds without producing rain."
Herodotus
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"The pursuit of wealth without purpose leads only to emptiness."
Xenophanes
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"Money is the servant of those with wisdom, but the master of fools."
Pindar
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"Wealth accumulated without conscience becomes a burden to the soul."
Aesop
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"Money is merely a tool."
Anaximander
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"Money cannot buy happiness but it buys freedom."
Aristophanes
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"Money is a form of slavery when sought above all else."
Aristophanes
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"Those who have plenty want more; the poor want less and have less."
Euripides
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"Seek not wealth beyond what is necessary for a virtuous life."
Xenophanes
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"Money and success don't change you; they merely amplify what is already there."
Sophocles
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"A man's wealth is not measured in gold but in the number of good friends he can call upon."
Aristophanes
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"The pursuit of money at the expense of virtue creates a man wealthy in possessions but bankrupt in spirit."
Aristophanes
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"No evil thing is shameless here on earth as much as gold."
Euripides
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"The wealthy accumulate possessions, but the wise accumulate understanding."
Anaximenes
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"Money is a tool, valuable only insofar as it serves human flourishing."
Anaximenes
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"Money is a tool, not a master"
Empedocles
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"Money brings power, but power without justice brings ruin"
Sophocles
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"The pursuit of wealth corrupts the soul; the pursuit of understanding elevates it."
Empedocles
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"There is nothing in the world so demoralizing as money."
Aristophanes
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"Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy things that make you forget you're unhappy."
Frankie Boyle
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"The pursuit of wealth often leads to poverty of spirit."
Euripides
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"Economic prosperity built on inequality is destined to fail."
Euripides
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"People say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a jet ski. Have you ever seen a sad person on a jet ski?"
Frankie Boyle