Wealth and Poverty
49 aphorisms · 5 comments
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tiny.ag/oljxzymd · ★★☆☆ Fair (839 ratings) · submitted 1997
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
tiny.ag/rcl3mcj0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (878 ratings) · submitted 1997
If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch.
Bill Anderson, (from the song "Poor Folks"), in Wealth and Poverty
tiny.ag/d3qjgzaa · ★★☆☆ Fair (871 ratings) · submitted 1997
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
tiny.ag/dgpjywem · ★★☆☆ Fair (867 ratings) · submitted 1997
A young man with good health and a poor appetite can save up money.
tiny.ag/azsgcja4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (915 ratings) · submitted 1997
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Wealth and Poverty
tiny.ag/o4tugiae · ★★☆☆ Fair (274 ratings) · submitted 1997
While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.
tiny.ag/2upsgaxe · ★★☆☆ Fair (256 ratings) · submitted 1997
The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.
tiny.ag/vm8pwhyr · ★★☆☆ Fair (854 ratings) · submitted 1998 by nthomas
The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.
tiny.ag/huwbmgt6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (253 ratings) · submitted 1997
The easiest way to figure the cost of living is to take your income and add ten percent.
tiny.ag/dv1lo7ef · ★★☆☆ Fair (332 ratings) · submitted 1997
Money is the root of all evil, and man needs roots.
tiny.ag/w3vp1iki · ★★☆☆ Fair (314 ratings) · submitted 1997
Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than in a Lada.
tiny.ag/lhewzazm · ★★☆☆ Fair (256 ratings) · submitted 1997
I'd rather be rich than stupid.
tiny.ag/aqk8szqi · ★★☆☆ Fair (204 ratings) · submitted 1997
Change is good, but dollars are better.
tiny.ag/3lf8aeu1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (250 ratings) · submitted 1997
Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
tiny.ag/mcsqdvek · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
All this wheeling and dealing around, why, it isn't for money, it's for fun. Money's just the way we keep score.
tiny.ag/71lergfc · ★★☆☆ Fair (806 ratings) · submitted 1997
All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
tiny.ag/nuplbfta · ★★☆☆ Fair (279 ratings) · submitted 1997
The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.
Jean-Paul Kauffmann, in Science and Religion and Wealth and Poverty
tiny.ag/t6cxlzxo · ★★☆☆ Fair (1006 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, that gives happiness.
Thomas Jefferson, in Wealth and Poverty and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/i9vof3d6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (290 ratings) · submitted 1997
A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.
tiny.ag/is34lohk · ★★☆☆ Fair (290 ratings) · submitted 1997
A banker will lend you money only if you can prove you don't need it.
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