Who is rich? He that is content.
Who is that? Nobody.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1755
To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1893
With wishing comes grieving.
—Italian proverb
Who accepts, sells himself.
—Italian proverb
The ways by which you may get money almost without exception lead downward.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1863
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
—Aristotle, fourth century BC
Money often costs too much.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860
Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
—French proverb
Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root of it.
—Henry Fielding, 1731
Acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting.
—Robert Bunsen
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Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep my body and soul apart.
—Dorothy Parker, 1928
The art of living easily as to money, is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your
means.
—Henry Taylor, 1848
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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live
beyond its income.
—Samuel Butler, 1912
Expenditure rises to meet income.
—C. Northcote Parkinson, 1960
Riches cause arrogance; poverty, meekness.
—German proverb
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As quoted, without a date, by R. Oesper in 1975.
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Who is that? Nobody.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1755
To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.
—Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1893
With wishing comes grieving.
—Italian proverb
Who accepts, sells himself.
—Italian proverb
The ways by which you may get money almost without exception lead downward.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1863
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
—Aristotle, fourth century BC
Money often costs too much.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860
Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
—French proverb
Money is the fruit of evil as often as the root of it.
—Henry Fielding, 1731
Acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting.
—Robert Bunsen
6
Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep my body and soul apart.
—Dorothy Parker, 1928
The art of living easily as to money, is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your
means.
—Henry Taylor, 1848
***
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live
beyond its income.
—Samuel Butler, 1912
Expenditure rises to meet income.
—C. Northcote Parkinson, 1960
Riches cause arrogance; poverty, meekness.
—German proverb
6
As quoted, without a date, by R. Oesper in 1975.
On Money and Wealth
135