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• Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.

  Aeschylus

  Fall, Pride, Cry

  Aeschylus (1965). “The Oresteia trilogy: (Agamemnon, Choephoroe [and] Eumenides) [and] Prometheus bound”

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• As riches increase and accumulate in few hands . . . the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Hands, Political, Republican

  Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton (1932). “Jeffersonian principles and Hamiltonian principles: extracts from the writings of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton”

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• Great art suspends the reverted eye, the lamented past, the anticipated future: we enter with it into the timeless present; we are with God today, perfect in our manner and mode, open to the riches and the glories of a realm that time forgot, but that great art reminds us of: not by its content, but by what it does in us: suspends the desire to be elsewhere. And thus it undoes the agitated grasping in the heart of the suffering self, and releases us - maybe for a second, maybe for a minute, maybe for all eternity - releases us from the coil of ourselves.

  Ken Wilber

  Art, Eye, Past

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• The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.

  Leo Rosten

  Money, Selfish, Facts

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• In ancient times, bodily strength and dexterity, being of greater use and importance in war, was also much more esteemed and valued, than at present. ... In short, the different ranks of men are, in a great measure, regulated by riches.

  David Hume

  War, Men, Political

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• Acquire Riches by Industry and Frugality.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Insightful, Investing, Frugality

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1819). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...: Posthumous and other writings”, p.59

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• When I am at my work each day
  In the fields so fresh and green
  I often think of riches and the way things might have been
  But believe me when I tell you when I get home each day
  I'm as happy as a sandboy with my wee cup of tay

  Patrick McCabe

  Believe, Home, Thinking

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• It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results is a tragedy for the country in which they are found. Making matters worse, the resulting riches from these resources rarely benefit the people of the country from which they come.

  Edward Zwick

  Country, Time, Oil

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Not only the adoration of images is idolatry, but also trust in one's own righteousness, works and merits, and putting confidence in riches and power. As the latter is the commonest, so it also is the most noxious.

  Martin Luther

  Merit, Latter, Righteousness

  Martin Luther (1959). “What Luther says: an anthology”

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• It is fashionable nowadays to talk about the endless riches of the sea. The ocean is regarded as a sort of bargain basement, but I don't agree with that estimate. People don't realize that water in the liquid state is very rare in the universe. Away from earth it is usually a gas. This moisture is a blessed treasure, and it is our basic duty, if we don't want to commit suicide, to preserve it.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Suicide, Blessed, Ocean

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• The whole of life is a journey toward youthful old age, toward self-contemplation, love, gaiety, and, in a fundamental sense, the most gratifying time of our lives. . . . "Old age" should be a harvest time when the riches of life are reaped and enjoyed, while it continues to be a special period for self-development and expansion.

  Ashley Montagu

  Journey, Self, Harvest Time

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• These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!

  Alexander Pope

  Money, Enjoy

  Alexander Pope (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alexander Pope (Illustrated)”, p.1155, Delphi Classics

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• The acquisition of riches has been for many men, not an end, but a change, of troubles.

  Epicurus

  Men, Acquisition, Trouble

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• He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most.

  Epicurus

  Needs, Enjoy

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• My riches are my family and my foster children. I try to store any material wealth in my hand, not my heart, so that I always feel free to give it away when the opportunity arises.

  S. Truett Cathy

  Children, Heart, Opportunity

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• The present moment is always full of infinite treasure. It contains far more than you can possibly grasp. Faith is the measure of its riches: what you find in the present moment is according to the measure of your faith. Love also is the measure: the more the heart loves, the more it rejoices in what God provides. The will of God presents itself at each moment like an immense ocean that the desire of your heart cannot empty; yet you will drink from that ocean according to your faith and love.

  Jean-Pierre de Caussade

  Love, Inspirational, God

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• I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold or all the riches that the East doth hold.

  Anne Bradstreet

  Gold, East, Vow

  Anne Bradstreet (2012). “To My Husband and Other Poems”, p.8, Courier Corporation

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• Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!

  Napoleon Hill

  Hard Work, Results, Quantity

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.86, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• Politics, poverty, riches, etc - these are but backdrops for the grand cinema, the opera: the glory of your life. Sure, change the backdrops, make them better, but it is this inside-ness that matters most. Nothing else, at the last breath, matters, but your very own poetry. The glory of living.

  Alex Ebert

  Cinema, Opera, Matter

  FaceBook post by Alex Ebert from Sep 16, 2013

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• For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain even the whole world, if thereby they suffer the loss of their own souls? What will it profit to teach them sound principles in economics, if they permit themselves to be so swept away by selfishness, by unbridled and sordid greed, that hearing the commandments of the Lord, they do all things contrary.

  Pope Pius XI

  Loss, Men, Greed

  Catholic Church. Pope (1922-1939 : Pius XI)., Pope Pius XI. (1931). “On Social Reconstruction: Encyclical Letter”

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• Riches are a stronghold in the imagination of a rich man.

  Solomon

  Men, Imagination, Strongholds

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• William Perkins said, “The end of a man’s calling is not to gather riches for himself…but to serve God in the serving of man, and in the seeking the good of all men.

  Leland Ryken

  Men, Calling, Ends

  Leland Ryken (2010). “Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really Were”, p.115, Harper Collins

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• The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

  Sallust

  Excellence, Fleeting, Splendid

  Sallust (1921). “Sallust”

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• O Christian, never be proud of things that are so transient, injurious, and uncertain as the riches of this evil world! But set your heart on the true and durable riches of grace in Christ Jesus.

  Isaac Ambrose

  Christian, Jesus, Heart

  Isaac Ambrose “The Christian Warrior”, Digital Puritan Press

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• Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as poor Caligula.

  Albert Camus

  Money, Men, Would Be

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