"Today, there are three kinds of people: the haves, the have-nots, and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-haves."
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"Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'"
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"Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker."
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"The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything."
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"He that lives upon hope will die fasting."
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"Make it just like a Mac."
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"I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker in this cause. The example of great and pure characters is the only thing that can produce fine ideas and noble deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse it"
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"The love for money is only one among many."
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"A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles."
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"I have not observed mens honesty to increase with their riches."
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"No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us."
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"I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul."
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"Most people struggle financially because they take advice from sales people, not rich people."
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"If you've got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've got 71 cents left; But if you've got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've still got seventeen grand. There's a math lesson for you."
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"I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'."
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"There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed."
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"Money is the alienated essence of man's work and existence; this essence dominates him and he worships it."
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"I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed."
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"Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions."
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"The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you."
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