#riches

There are men whom a happy disposition, a strong desire of glory and esteem, inspire with the same love for justice and virtue which men in general have for riches and honors... But the number of these men is so small that I only mention them in honor of humanity. ↗

— Claud-Adrian Helvetius

#disposition #esteem #general #glory #happy

A strong man does not succumb to pressures, he knows that without pressures he will not find pleasures and so he will not be made. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#book-reading #gifts #greatnesstness #jaachynma #nobility

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. ↗

— Akhenaton

#cares #contented #contented mind #greatest #hidden

Everything we know by heart enriches us and helps us find ourselves. If it should get in the way of finding ourselves, it is because we have no personality. ↗

— Nadia Boulanger

#enriches #everything #find #finding #get

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is. ↗

— John Chrysostom

#pride #riches #them

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#common-sense #curiosity #deadly-sins #faults #gold

One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures... as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest arrangement of tints. ↗

— John James Audubon

#beautiful #caught #changed #creatures #day

It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world. ↗

— Elizabeth Blackwell

#even #fascinating #i #moment #oh

When you have 13 horns, and one is soloing, you have 12 people to play the richest, fullest chord you could ever imagine behind that solo. ↗

— Carla Bley

#chord #could #ever #fullest #horns

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#arbitration #love is #richest #submits #time