#riches

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#instrument #life #riches

My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

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Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may. ↗

— William Cobbett

#esteem #find #goodness #may #men

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#away #give #mandatory #only #possess

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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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

If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires. ↗

— Epicurus

#away #desires #happy #his #make

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss. ↗

— Epicurus

#much #possession #riches #their #torment

Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#any #cannot #gathered #great #kept

George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already. ↗

— John Kricfalusi

#already #amazed #character #episodes #george