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"There's not a lot you can do about the national economy but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy."
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"I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money."
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"Criminals are never very amusing. It's because they're failures. Those who make real money aren't counted as criminals. This is a class distinction, not an ethical problem."
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"How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand"
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"Money nowadays is money; money brings office; money gains friends; everywhere the poor man is down. [Lat., In pretio pretium nunc est; dat census honores, Census amicitias; pauper ubique jacet.]"
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"Riches are for spending."
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"Money is like muck, not good unless spread."
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"We shall take whatever action is necessary to contain the growth of the money supply. The government, unlike so many of its predecessors, will face up to economic realities."
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"The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes."
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"But tell me: how did gold get to be the highest value? Because it is uncommon and useless and gleaming and gentle in its brilliance; it always gives itself. Only as an image of the highest virtue did gold get to be the highest value. The giver's glance gleams like gold. A golden brilliance concludes peace between the moon and the sun. Uncommon is the highest virtue and useless, it is gleaming and gentle in its brilliance: a gift-giving virtue is the highest virtue."
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"Only sick music makes money today."
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"When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn."
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"I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position."
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"The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."
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"Wealth is not a matter of intelligence, it's a matter of inspiration."
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"An honest, sensible, humane man, . . . laboring to do good rather than be rich, to be useful rather than make a show, living in modest simplicity . . . is really the most respectable man in society, [and] makes himself and all about him most happy."
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"People cannot live by lending money to one another."
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"Anything that just costs money is cheap."
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"The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money."
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