Ten Quotes on Money

"Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary." -Julius Rosenwald (1862 - 1932)

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"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars." -J. Paul Getty (1892 - 1976)

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"Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil." -Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)

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"Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody." -Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

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"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart." -Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)

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"Endless money forms the sinews of war." -Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Philippics

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"One must be poor to know the luxury of giving." -George Eliot (1819 - 1880)

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"Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game." -Donald Trump (1946 - ), "Trump: Art of the Deal"

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If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around.
Christina Stead (1903 - 1983), House of All Nations (1938) "Credo"

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"Lack of money is the root of all evil." -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

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