Common Quote by William Shakespeare

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one of the greatest curses that can afflict a people

— Anonymous

In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.

— Ezra Pound

Great wealth often curses all who touch it.

— Clarence Darrow

Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“The portentous development of our present economic system, leading to a mighty accumulation of social wealth in the hands of privileged minorities and to…

— Rudolf Rocker

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

— Fanny Burney

“If from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still…

— Ben Carson

There is something about prosperity that brings out the worst in some people.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil of the…

— Thomas Paine

“To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, surely, must be more beneficial to mankind.”

— Frances Burney

For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain even the…

— Pope Pius XI

Wealth is a blessing, richness is a curse

— Michael Sams