Money Quotes
Wealth, poverty, and everything the ledger can and can't measure.
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"Money is a tool; to mistake the tool for the goal is the folly of fools."Locke, John
"Money is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce."Hume, David
"Money is a means to an end, not an end in itself."Averroes
"A person who loves money shall never be satisfied with money."Maimonides
"Greed diminishes as understanding increases."Spinoza, Baruch
"Money is the sinews of action, but it is not the soul."Descartes, René
"To possess wealth without wisdom is to carry water in a broken vessel."Avicenna
"Money is a tool, not a master; serve it wisely or it will enslave you."Al-Ghazali
"The rich man who is stingy is poorer than the poor man who is generous."Al-Ghazali
"Money is not the root of all evil; the love of money is."Augustine of Hippo
"Money is necessary but not sufficient for happiness."Augustine of Hippo
"Wealth without virtue is a curse upon the soul."Averroes
"Excessive wealth corrupts the soul more surely than poverty ever could."Averroes
"The pursuit of excessive wealth blinds us to the pursuit of excellence."Averroes
"The sinews of war are infinite money."Cicero
"Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is a great inconvenience."Cicero
"The pursuit of money without purpose is the pursuit of shadows and mirages."Avicenna
"The man who loses his wealth is not hurt thereby; but rather he who craves it."Epictetus
"Wealth is the test of a man's character."Seneca
"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."Seneca
"He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich."Seneca
"Riches serve a wise man but command a fool."Seneca
"It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but he who hankers after more."Marcus Aurelius
"A lot of people lose money in a landslide and end up in heaven."Augustine of Hippo
"Material wealth without wisdom is a burden that weighs down the soul."Averroes
"The profit of the merchant means nothing if it corrupts the soul of his community."Averroes
"It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but he whose desires are too great."Cicero
"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."Cicero
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."Seneca
"Such a course is sure to lead a man to poverty; how far this will go, cannot be foreseen."Seneca