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Wealth Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very…
- Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted to ambition.…
- A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels,…
- One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.
- It is better to live rich than to die rich.
- He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
- Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.
- He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.
- The insolence of wealth will creep out
- The commercial world is very frequently put into confusion by the bankruptcy of merchants, that assumed the splendour of wealth only to obtain the privilege…
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