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The last two have sometimes been attributed to Dominique Bouhours, but are probably just translations of Bacons words.

Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.Francis Bacon, Of seditions and Troubles, Essays, 15.

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We could never imagine what a strange disproportion a few or a great many pieces of money make between men, if we did not see it every day with our own eyes.Jean de la Bruyère, Characters.

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Therefor my theme is yet, and ever was— Radix malorum est cupiditas. Thus can I preche agayn that same vyce Which that I use, and that is avaryce.Geoffrey Chaucer, Prologue to The Pardoners Tale, Canterbury Tales.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.Marcus Tullius Cicero 106–43 B.C., Roman orator. De Senectute, Ch. 6, Sc. 20.

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To virgin minds, which yet their native whiteness hold, Not yet discoloured with the love of gold That jaundice of the soul, Which makes it look so gilded and so foul Abraham Cowley, “Of Greatness”.

The elegant simplicity of the three per cents.Lord Eldon. See Campbell, Lives of the Lord Chancellors, Volume X, Chapter CCXII.

It is not, believe me, the chief end of man that he should make a fortune and beget children whose end is likewise to make fortunes, but it is, in few words, that he should explore himself — an inexhaustible mine — and external nature is but the candle to illuminate in turn the innumerable and profound obscurities of the soul.Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Address on Education”.

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Si possis recte, si non, quocumque mondo rem. By right means, if you can, but by any means make money.Horace, Epistles, I, i.

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Often paraphrased as: If Congress has the right under the constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to be used by themselves, not to be delegated to individuals or corporations.

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No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.Jesus, Luke 16:13 and Matthew 6:24

Throw money at a problem and it will remain.Tony Kakko Sonata Arctica, Abandoned, Pleased, Brainwashed, Exploited.

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Thats just a lie we tell poor people to keep them from rioting in the streets.Eva Longoria Parker, Desperate Housewives In response to the claim that money cant buy happiness.

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Its no trick to make a lot of money, if all you want to do is make a lot of money.Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles in Citizen Kane; lines in screenplay for Everett Sloane.

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There is an inverse relationship between imagination and money.About the film adaptation of V for Vendetta, in an MTV interview Alan Moore : The Last Angry Man

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About the film adaptation of V for Vendetta, in an MTV interview Alan Moore : The Last Angry Man

Ras Al Ghul: Look at it, detective. One of the last of the rain forests. The world depends upon its oxygen, yet the rich see only profit in its destruction. You, who belong to the over-class have much to answer for.

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For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.Paul of Tarsus, in 1 Timothy 6:10 KJV The King James Bible Latin translation is Radix malorum est cupiditas.

Are you not ashamed that you give your attention to acquiring as much money as possible, and similarly with reputation and honor, and give no attention or thought to truth and understanding and the perfection of your soul?Plato, Apology, 29e

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When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotent.Publius Syrus, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, # 65.

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Ohhhh All I see is signs All I see is dollar signs Ohhhh Money on my mind Money, money on my mind.Rihanna Pour It Up

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I am more concerned with the return of my money than the return on my money.Will Rogers, quoted in Will Rogers Performer, p. 292.

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Money never made any man rich. Contrariwise, there is not any man that hath gathered store of it together that is not become more covetous.Seneca the Younger, Ad Lucilium epistulae morales, letter 119.

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Many bad men are rich, many good men are poor. But we will not exchange wealth for virtue along with them. One man has money now, another has money at another time. Money goes around, whereas virtue endures.

I wanted to explore the new Wall Street. When I was writing Scarface in Miami, there was so much coke around and so many lunatics, and I met so many kids from Wall Street who were millionaires. I thought older men were rich, but here were these kids, 25 or 28 or 35 years old, with millions of dollars playing the markets all over the world around the clock. My father would have been shocked by the new electronics that allowed it. Dad was a stockbroker on Wall Street when there was more integrity and class.

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Ploutos, no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins!Theognis, Elegies, D. Wender, trans., 523.

Pecunia non oletMoney does not smell. Vespasian, in his response on being reproached by his son on taking money as a tax on urine, collected from public urinals in Rome, as quoted by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars: Vespasian.

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Vespasian, in his response on being reproached by his son on taking money as a tax on urine, collected from public urinals in Rome, as quoted by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars: Vespasian.

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It is more easy to write on money than to obtain it; and those who gain it, jest much at those who only know how to write about it.Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary.

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A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is privately concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men

No, let the monarchs bags and coffers hold The flattering, mighty, nay, all-mighty gold.John Wolcot, To Kieu Long, Ode IV.

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It is perhaps well enough that the people of the Nation do not know or understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

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I see in the future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of the war.Attributed to Abraham Lincoln. Not found in his works see Abraham_Lincoln#Disputed for more information.

Attributed to Abraham Lincoln. Not found in his works see Abraham_Lincoln#Disputed for more information.

Ras Al Ghul: Which are being depleted at the rate of 120,000 acres a day. Does your money solve this problem? No! It will take more than wealth. It will take power, and I fear, ruthlessness. Humankind must be forced to serve the planet instead of its own appetites.

Ras Al Ghul: I am qualified, yes. But I may not have sufficient lifetimes left to me.The Demons Quest, Batman: The Animated Series part 1, script by Dennis ONeil

Caliphas: Think of the things you could do with that money, Choose any charity - give to the poor. Weve noted your motives. Weve noted your feelings. This isnt blood money - its a

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χρήματα δ᾽ ἀνθρώπων ἄλλοτε ἄλλος ἔχει.Many bad men are rich, many good men are poor. But we will not exchange wealth for virtue along with them. One man has money now, another has money at another time. Money goes around, whereas virtue endures.

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