"Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased."

Money, Wealth, First, Gold

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"A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Money, People, Children, Clothes

"Money cannot buy you love. But it sure can buy you things that some people will love you for having."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Money, Truth, Life, Power, Regret

"When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money."

Kin Hubbard, American Journalist

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"All about the fucking money... money... money... thinking it's for the good for your generation... but so far it's neither and for that and neither and for that... It's mostly for the worst of your generation and other's generations."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Money, Truth, Power, Life

"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."

Douglas Adams, English Writer

Money, Integrity, Service, Sincerity

"It is not important how much money you gave away. It is important what good it will do on the way."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Money, Good, Way

"The Bible does not say money is the root of all evil; it says the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. A poor man who, in his heart, worships the idea of being rich is more vulnerable to its evils than a rich man who has a heart to use it all for the Lord."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Money, Truth, Religion, Wisdom, Power

"As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it."

Matt Gonzalez, American Politician

Money, Society, Commitment, Lawyers

"A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Money,

"You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more."

Glynis Johns, British Actress

Money, Success

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"Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience."

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"With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches."

People, Enjoyment

"The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals."

Man, Men, Animals, Race

"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."

Society, Poor

"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."

Peace, Being, Rest, State

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"A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it."

"Money cannot buy you love. But it sure can buy you things that some people will love you for having."

"When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money."

"All about the fucking money... money... money... thinking it's for the good for your generation... but so far it's neither and for that and neither and for that... It's mostly for the worst of your generation and other's generations."

"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."

"It is not important how much money you gave away. It is important what good it will do on the way."

"The Bible does not say money is the root of all evil; it says the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. A poor man who, in his heart, worships the idea of being rich is more vulnerable to its evils than a rich man who has a heart to use it all for the Lord."

"As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it."

"A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into."

"You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more."

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"Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience."

"With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches."

"The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals."

"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."

"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."

"All money is a matter of belief."

"The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations."

"No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money."

"Defense is superior to opulence."

"This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts."