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Ben Hecht

"I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt."

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"I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt."

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"You say that money doesn't bring happiness... but you have them... don't ya?If they don't bring happiness give them to average class and the result will be called "Bringing happiness!"

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"Cheerful poor is rich with a smile, sulky rich is poor with a bullion of gold."

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"Young people, nowadays, imagine that money is everything.Yes, murmured Lord Henry, settling his button-hole in his coat; and when they grow older they know it."

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"Time is the greatest wealth in the world and only through conversion of time can money be made."

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"When you don't have enough or you run out, you feel in your core that the leak has begun and there will be no end to the leakage. And this makes you feel like a chump. Whereas having some money gives you the conviction that you're not naked in the howling wind, even though you basically are, existentially."

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Amber Hurdle

"Time is the wealth through which money comes."

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"The wealth of time is actually of more value than natural resources."

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"You can only make money from a time well converted."

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"When the going gets tough: the poor close their eyes, the rich open their wallets."

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"To misuse wealth is a great fault."

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