Aids Quote by Ambrose

Riches are a cause of evil, not because, of themselves, they do any evil, but because they goad men on to evil.

— Posidonius

Riches are a blessing only to those who make them a blessing to others.

— Marianette Carbito

Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.

— Plutarch

Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are…

— John Steinbeck

If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as…

— Sallust

Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man according as he has or has not a heart to make good use of…

— Matthew Henry

Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking,…

— Matthew Henry

Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing.

— Samuel Smiles

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to…

— Terence

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the…

— Roger L'Estrange

Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine on a…

— John Armstrong

“virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.”

— Plato