"Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value."
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"An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all."
"Any relationship primarily built on physical attractiveness is predestined to be short lived."
"Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time."
"There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much."
"No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money."
"After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts."
"Friendship is like money, easier made than kept."
"Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus."
"It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy"
"Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased."
"No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction."
"Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds."
"Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity."
"I do not like money, money is the reason we fight."
"Money plays the largest part in determining the course of history."
"Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go."
"When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor."
"He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money."
"Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana."