"Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with much labour."
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"Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence."
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"But the way to wealth through the quill seems long."
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"Prosperity Whose sources are interior. As soon Adversity A diamond overtake."
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"Spring's first conviction is a wealth beyond its whole experience."
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"If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich."
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"And wealth abides not, it is but for a day."
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"When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment."
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"Wealth should come like manna from heaven, unearned and uncalled for. Money should be like grace -- a gift. It is not worth sweating and scheming for."
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"In public, as well as in private expences, great wealth may, perhaps, frequently be admitted as an apology for great folly."
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"Wherever desirable superfluities are imported, industry is excited, and thereby plenty is produced. Were only necessaries permitted to be purchased, men would work no more than was necessary for that purpose."
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"No longer virtuous no longer free; is a Maxim as true with regard to a private Person as a Common-wealth."
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"Wealth and Content are not always Bed-fellows."
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"Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom."
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"The earlier you start, the easier it is to accumulate major wealth. Still, it's never really too late to begin."
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"Happiness, wealth, and success are by-products of goal setting, they cannot be the goal themselves."
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"Wealth is only a source of happiness when it is used to do good for others"
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"For a free country to continue thriving, there have to be regular reforms, because any society, any economy that stays in place, you're going to see repeated attempts to exploit the openings for twisting policy to the advantage of those who already have wealth and power."
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"This is the even-handed dealing of the world!" he said. "There is noth-ing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes tocondemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!"
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"The rich live the same all over the world."
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