#riches

A learned man has always riches in himself. ↗

— Phaedrus

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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ↗

— Plato

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The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles. ↗

— Plato

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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires. ↗

— Petrarch

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The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else. ↗

— Martin Luther

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Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not. ↗

— Terence

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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

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