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Quotations: Money, greed

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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
— Epicurus, Greek philosopher (341-270 B.C.)

You are not what you own.
— Fugazi, late 20th-century American rock band

I get so tired of listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there. It's so petty.
— Imelda Marcos, 20th-century Filipina First Lady (married to Ferdinand Marcos)

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.
— Henry David Thoreau, American writer, philosopher and naturalist
(1817-1862)

When it is a question of money, everyone is of the same religion.
— Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet), French author, wit and philosopher (1694-1778)

It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing — that's the Lord's test.
— Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (1911-1972)

Virtue has never been as respectable as money.
— Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), American humorist, author and journalist (1835-1910)

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.
— Publilius Syrus

It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are.''
— Elvis Presley, American rock 'n' roll icon (1935-1977)

Sharing money is what gives it its value.
— Elvis Presley, American rock 'n' roll icon (1935-1977)

The quest for riches darkens the sense of right and wrong.
— Antiphanes, ancient Greek dramatist

Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.
— B.C. Forbes, early 20th-century American publisher, founder of Forbes magazine

He is poor who does not feel content.
— Japanese proverb

For greed, all nature is too little.
— Seneca, Roman statesman, dramatist and Stoic philosopher (4. B.C.?-65 A.D.)

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
— Henry David Thoreau, American essayist and nature writer (1817-1862)

Too many people miss the silver lining because theyre expecting gold.
— Maurice Setter

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