His Wealth Quotes
31 quotes by 28 authors
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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
— Aeschylus
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A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater…
— John Foxe
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My uncle, Mr. Stephen Maple, had been at the same time the most successful and the least respectable of our family, so that we hardly…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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No one has yet had the courage to memorialize his wealth on his tombstone. A dollar mark would not look well there.
— Corra May Harris
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A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money…
— Andrew Carnegie
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He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for other's good, is a poor, frozen churl.
— Joanna Baillie
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In fact every belief is an obstacle. It does not even require your realization, since you are already who you are. But without realization, who…
— Eckhart Tolle
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I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms…
— Ben Hecht
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Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er…
— Walter Scott
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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
— Socrates
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How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins is present…
— Ali ibn Abi Talib
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The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable…
— Gilbert Highet
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Money alone is only a mean; it presupposes a man to use it. The rich man can go where he pleases, but perhaps please himself…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Cavendish was a great Man with extraordinary singularities-His voice was squeaking his manner nervous He was afraid of strangers & seemed when embarrassed to articulate…
— Humphry Davy
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Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received…
— Vincent de Paul
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He who draws upon his own resources easily comes to an end of his wealth.
— William Hazlitt
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The man who lives for himself is a failure. Even if he gains much wealth, position or fortune, he is still a failure. The man…
— Norman Vincent Peale
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The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he…
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden,…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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If a man loses a dear friend, he looks around and sees many friends come to console and comfort him. If a man loses his…
— Khalil Gibran
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