Character Quote by Plato

“As I was to learn, patience and latitude and even humility are, paradoxically, the handmaidens of wealth, because virtue is costly only for those…

— James Lee Burke

“And so they grow richer and richer, and the more they think of making a fortune the less they think of virtue; for when…

— Plato

“That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches. Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be…

— Leonardo da Vinci

“The other two are rich and noble; examples of virtue rarely make their home among people like that.”

— Michel de Montaigne

“wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state”

— socrates

“For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue, their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity is regarded…

— G.K. Chesterton

“The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude.”

— Francis Bacon

“Virtue alone is happiness; all else Is else, and without praise.”

— Tiruvalluvar

Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you virtue and it will not redeem your vices”

— Ayn Rand

“My friend, you see how perishable are the riches of this world; there is nothing solid but virtue.”

— Voltaire

“It is true that wealth buys power and influence, but it does not buy morality, or kindness, or compassion. The pursuit of wealth can…

— Joseph M. Marshall III