Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"The poor man cries, the rich man sighs; both have their disquiets."
Washington Irving
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"A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world."
Washington Irving
"The lack of money is the root of all evil."
Mark Twain
"Buy land, they're not making it anymore."
Mark Twain
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"Money cannot buy the things that make life worth living."
Herman Melville
"Money is the only thing people understand."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Money cannot buy happiness."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Money follows passion."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"Money cannot buy peace of mind."
François Mauriac
"The lack of money is the root of all evil."
Mark Twain
"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back when it rains."
Mark Twain
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"The pursuit of money without purpose leads to spiritual bankruptcy."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence."
Herman Melville
"The wealthy are simply criminals who have not been caught yet."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"The world revolves around money, and morality is merely its shadow."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"A man's true wealth is measured by what he can afford to let pass by."
François Mauriac
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"The rich are haunted by different demons than the poor, but haunted nonetheless."
François Mauriac
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"Money is crystallized human effort, and we should spend it reverently."
François Mauriac
"The lack of money is the root of all evil."
Mark Twain
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"Money is the root, but ambition is the branch that poisons the air."
Herman Melville
"Money corrupts everything it touches, including love."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Money is a means, not an end."
Romain Rolland
"Money cannot buy happiness."
Romain Rolland
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"Money reveals character as surely as fire reveals gold."
François Mauriac
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"Money is a most perishable thing compared to the human spirit"
Henry James
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"Money is the means, never the end; happiness is the only true measure of wealth"
Henry James
"Money is the sinews of action, but not the heart of purpose."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"All inordinate love of money is the root of universal evil."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Money speaks a language all understand."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Money is the root of not evil, but of power and opportunity."
Romain Rolland