“Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.”
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“Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.”
“Right now it's only a notion, but I think I can get the money to make it into a concept, and later turn it into an idea.”
“Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief's.”
“Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.”
“No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.”
“Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.”
“To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.”
“Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.”
“Wealth is what you accumulate, not what you spend.”
“If you do no more than you're paid for, you have no real basis for requesting more pay because you're already getting all you're earning.”
“Money is such an amazing teacher: What you choose to do with your money shows whether you are truly powerful or powerless.”
“I don't believe the most successful people are the ones who got the best grades, got into the best schools, or made the most money.”
“I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.”
“There are people who have money and people who are rich.”
“I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.”
“People first, then money, then things.”
“Take free money. No matter how in debt you are, if your employer offers a matching contribution on a 401(k) or other retirement vehicle, you must sign up and contribute enough to get the maximum company match each year. Think of it as a bonus.”
“In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems.”
“We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.”
“A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.”
“Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.”
“The sinews of art and literature, like those of war, are money.”
“We have the best government that money can buy.”