Money Quotes

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

13074 quotes

"Money is a necessary evil, but not the measure of a person's worth."
Gustave Flaubert
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"Money is merely a tool; the true wealth lies in what we do with it."
Alexandre Dumas
"Money cannot purchase the things that matter most."
Mary Shelley
"Money is neutral; the soul of the person holding it is not."
Émile Zola
"Money magnifies what is already within."
Émile Zola
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"We all know that wealth without mercy is a curse."
Charles Dickens
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"The secret of great fortunes without an apparent source is a crime forgotten."
Honoré de Balzac
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"The power of money lies in its ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary."
Honoré de Balzac
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"Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy the freedom to pursue it."
Honoré de Balzac
"Money cannot buy happiness, though it may ease suffering."
William Wordsworth
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"Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy freedom."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Money is a tool, not a master."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Money can buy many things, but it cannot purchase a clear conscience."
Alexandre Dumas
"The more one owns, the more it owns you."
Gustave Flaubert
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"Behind every fortune there is a crime."
Honoré de Balzac
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"Money is the god of the living; the dead are beyond its reach."
Honoré de Balzac
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"Money is necessary, but it is not sufficient for a meaningful life."
Honoré de Balzac
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"Money is the sinews of action, but wisdom must be the head."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Money is nothing; a good name is everything."
Victor Hugo
"Money is the means, not the end."
William Wordsworth
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"Money is a good servant but a terrible master."
Lord Byron
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"Money cannot buy what the heart truly desires."
Lord Byron
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"The sorrow of the rich is never relieved by the poor."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Money is but trash when I think of it."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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"Money is a tool; like all tools, it can build or destroy depending on the wielder."
John Milton
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"Money is crystallized time; spend it wisely."
John Milton
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"Money cannot buy happiness, but poverty cannot buy anything."
Lord Byron
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"Money is the mirror of the man; it reflects his true nature."
Dante Alighieri
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"Money follows those who serve a purpose greater than profit."
Dante Alighieri
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"Money is the root of all greed, not all evil."
Ovid