The fortunate man is he who, born poor, or nobody, works gradually up to wealth and consideration, and, having got them, dies before he finds they were not worth so much trouble.
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Christie Johnstone
by
Charles Reade
What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Vanity Fair
by
William Makepeace Thackeray
"You can be as romantic as you please about love, Hector; but you mustn't be romantic about money."
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Man And Superman
by
George Bernard Shaw
"Economy," I remarked, putting my hands in my pockets, "is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something which you probably won't want."
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Dolly Dialogues
by
Anthony Hope
Before Selden left college he had learned that there are as many different ways of going without money as of spending it.
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The House of Mirth
by
Edith Wharton
"Bell, book, and candle, shall not drive me back,
When gold and silver becks me to come on."
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King John
by
William Shakespeare
Neither one of the couple cared for money, but their disdain of it took the form of always spending a little more than was prudent.
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The House of Mirth
by
Edith Wharton
Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
by
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
"What lawsuits grow out of the graves of rich men, every day; sowing perjury, hatred, and lies among near kindred, where there should be nothing but love!"
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Martin Chuzzlewit
by
Charles Dickens
"Rich folks may ride on camels, but it an't so easy for 'em to see out of a needle's eye. That is my comfort, and I hope I knows it."
~
Martin Chuzzlewit
by
Charles Dickens