#la

One can fight money only with money! from my Tale Of The Rock Pieces. ↗

— Ivan Stoikov

#books #fantasy #reading #tale-of-the-rock-pieces #writing

Tommy, you're a good little man, but you can't gamble worth a cent. Don't try it over again.' He then handed him his money back, pushed him gently from the room, and so made a devoted slave of Tom Simson. ↗

— Bret Harte

#gamble #outcasts-of-poker-flat #money

There is no point in expending good money on the pursuit of an engine that can power aircraft without propellers. What is wrong with airships anyway? They have borne mankind aloft for over a hundred relatively accident-free years and I see no reason to impugn their popularity... ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#aircraft #airships #engine #mankind #money

There is my first insight, young woman. Always downplay the value of money; it will make it much easier for him to hand it over. ↗

— Ted Dekker

#money #relationships #money

There is my first insight, young woman. Always downplay the value of money; it will make it easier for him to hand it over ↗

— Ivena When Heaven Weeps Ted Dekker

#money-issues #relationship #money

It was an operation that Dr. Maturin had carried out at sea before, always in the fullest possible light and therefore on deck, and many of them had seen him do so. Now they and all their mates saw him do it again: they saw Joe Plaice's scalp taken off, his skull bared, a disc of bone audibly sawn out, the handle turning solemnly; a three-shilling piece, hammered into a flattened dome by the armourer, screwed on over the hole; and the scalp replaced, neatly sewn up by the parson. It was extremely gratifying - the Captain had been seen to go pale, and Barret Bonden too, the patient's cousin - blood running down Joe's neck regardless - brains clearly to be seen - something not to be missed for a mint of money - instructive, too - and they made the most of it. ↗

— Patrick O'Brian

#aubreyad #barret-bonden #jack-aubrey #joe-plaice #master-and-commander

Nothing in the tangible word that isn't living has any value beyond a dollar amount. Considering that dollars can only buy more tangible and inanimate objects, it would seem a far more worthwhile goal to instead learn to place value on the treasures of the mind. Memories, knowledge and skill together are the only things we will ever actually own. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#knowledge #materialism #mind #money #objects

I'd give up everything for him, but then what? He has no job, I have no money, and we both live in a box. Love sucks. ↗

— H.M. Ward

#love

كل العلاقات الإنسانية ظاهرها الحب و باطنها المنفعة ↗

— أنيس منصور

#relationships #love

The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#honest #last-long #long-lasting #money #presist