Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"The real wealth of a nation is the annual product of its labor."
Adam Smith
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"Money is the objectification of human desire and labor."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"Money is the measure of worth in the social world."
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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"Money is a means, not an end."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"Wealth without conscience is impoverishment."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small they gall and pinch us; if too large they cause us to stumble and trip."
John Locke
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"Money is a tool, not a master."
Immanuel Kant
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"Money accumulated without purpose becomes a burden."
Immanuel Kant
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"Money is not the root of all evil, but rather the measure of all things in a civilized society."
David Hume
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"The love of money without the love of virtue is the source of all human misery."
David Hume
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"Money is good only insofar as it increases one's power to live and understand."
Baruch Spinoza
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"Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life."
Adam Smith
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"La prosperidad sin justicia es maldición."
Benito Juárez
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"All wealth consists of consumable goods."
John Locke
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"Avarice, the spur of industry, is so obstinate a passion."
David Hume
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"El dinero es un sirviente útil pero un amo terrible."
José de San Martín
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"The pursuit of wealth without virtue leads to ruin."
Thomas Hobbes
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"The real price of everything is the toil and trouble of acquiring it."
Adam Smith
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"Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life."
Adam Smith
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"Every man is in some measure a merchant; every man exchanges his labor or goods for money or other goods."
Adam Smith
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"All wealth is the product of labor."
John Locke
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"Money is the symbol of our unfulfilled potential."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Money should be a tool, not a master."
Peter Kropotkin
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"A nation's wealth is measured not in gold, but in the freedom of its people."
José de San Martín
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"A person's true wealth is measured by the love and respect they have earned."
Benito Juárez
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"True wealth is not measured in gold but in the freedom to determine one's own destiny."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"True wealth is not measured in money, but in freedom and peace of mind."
Emma Goldman
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"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."
Adam Smith
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"The produce of labour constitutes the natural recompence or wages of labour."
Adam Smith
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"An enormous fortune has been accumulated in a very short time through the extension of credit."
Adam Smith