Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

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"Money is frozen dreams waiting to be thawed by those who dare."
Albert Camus
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"The more you own, the more it owns you."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"The effect of wealth is to make a small man greater, but it cannot make a great man small."
Montesquieu
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"The more we increase our wealth, the more we shall increase the means of poverty."
Montesquieu
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"True wealth is measured in wisdom, not coin."
Denis Diderot
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"Money is a barrier between the giver and the receiver of kindness."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Money is a tool, not a master."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Money cannot buy true happiness."
Pierre Corneille
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"Money is a tool, not a master."
Pierre Corneille
J
"Money cannot buy happiness."
Jean Racine
J
"Wealth without wisdom leads to ruin."
Jean Racine
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"A fool and his money are soon parted."
Molière
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"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion."
Voltaire
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"Behind every great fortune, there is a crime."
Voltaire
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value—zero."
Voltaire
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"Money is merely crystallized human effort."
Stéphane Mallarmé
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"Money is a useful servant but a terrible master."
Denis Diderot
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"The pursuit of wealth without honor is a hollow victory."
Pierre Corneille
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"Wealth without wisdom is a burden, not a blessing."
Pierre Corneille
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"The pursuit of wealth often leads to the poverty of the soul."
Molière
J
"Money magnifies the character already present in the human heart."
Jean Racine
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"Money is a good servant but a bad master."
Voltaire
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"Money corrupts the soul"
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Money is frozen energy"
Arthur Rimbaud
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"Money cannot buy happiness, only experiences."
Paul Verlaine
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"Money is a means, not an end."
Paul Verlaine
"The poor do not have pockets, but the rich carry the weight of their greed."
Charles Baudelaire
"Money is the god of the weak and the servant of the strong."
Charles Baudelaire
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"Wealth without generosity breeds discontent."
Jean Racine
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"Wealth brings responsibility, not merely pleasure."
Jean Racine