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Edmund Burke Philosopher, Politician
Wealth

"The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere."

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Alfred Marshall Economist
Wealth

"All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as wealth."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
Wealth

"A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them."

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Plutarch Philosopher, Historian
Wealth

"Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty."

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