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Wealth and Poverty

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# · Unrated · submitted 1997

Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs painting.

Billy Rose, in Wealth and Poverty

# · Good (one rating) · submitted 1997

When the rich make war it's the poor that die.

Jean-Paul Sartre, in War and Peace and Wealth and Poverty

# · Good (one rating) · submitted 1997

Poverty doesn't bring unhappiness; it brings degradation.

George Bernard Shaw, in Happiness and Misery and Wealth and Poverty

# · Unrated · submitted 1997

What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is uselessness.

George Bernard Shaw, in Wealth and Poverty

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I'm opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.

Mark Twain, in Wealth and Poverty

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There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, the other is getting it.

Oscar Wilde, in Wealth and Poverty

# · Unrated · submitted 1997

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

Nero Wolfe, in Wealth and Poverty

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Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

Frank Lloyd Wright, in Wealth and Poverty

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You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

Stephen Wright, in Wealth and Poverty

# · Unrated · submitted 1997

A banker will lend you money only if you can prove you don't need it.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

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A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

# · Unrated · submitted 1997

All this wheeling and dealing around, why, it isn't for money, it's for fun. Money's just the way we keep score.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

# · Unrated · submitted 1997

Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

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Change is good, but dollars are better.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

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I'd rather be rich than stupid.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

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Money can't buy happiness — but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Lada.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Wealth and Poverty

# · Unrated · submitted 1997

Money is the root of all evil, and man needs roots.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism and Wealth and Poverty

# · Unrated · submitted 1997

The easiest way to figure the cost of living is to take your income and add ten percent.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

# · Unrated · submitted 1997

The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

# · Unrated · submitted 1997

While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty

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