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| Lakshmi the Hindu Goddess of Prosperity |
When fortune flatters, she does it to betray. Publilius Syrus
Distress: A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend. Ambrose Bierce
Broad acres are a patent of nobility; and no man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property. Charles Dudley Warner
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted. Aeschylus
Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day. Aristotle
He that has a penny in his purse is worth a penny. Have and you shall be esteemed. Petronius
Prosperity is the best protector of principle. Mark Twain
Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and finally go mad and waste their substance. Giambattista Vico
When fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald. Leonardo DA Vinci
A successful tool is one that was used to do something undreamed of by its author. S C Johnson
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. Mark Twain
In big houses in which things are done properly, there is always the religious element. The diurnal cycle is observed with more feeling when there are servants to do the work. Elizabeth Bowen
Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune. Sophocles
Social prosperity means man happy, the citizen free, and the nation great. Victor Hugo
Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis. George Bernard Shaw
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. Jean Paul Getty
It should be remembered that the foundation of the social contract is property; and its first condition, that everyone should be maintained in the peaceful possession of what belongs to him. Rousseau
Prosperity’s the very bond of love, whose fresh complexion and whose heart together, affliction alters. Shakespeare
All this wheeling and dealing around, why, it isn’t for money, it’s for fun. Money’s just the way we keep score. Henry Tyroon
When a man is a favorite of fortune, she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds him ready. Napoleon
Money is coined liberty, and so it is ten times dearer to a man who is deprived of freedom. If money is jingling in his pocket, he is half consoled, even though he cannot spend it. Dostoevsky
The rich are more envied by those who have little than by those who have nothing. Charles Caleb Colton
Business is a good game; lots of competition and minimum of rules. You keep score with money. Nolan Bushnell
Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways; they always image that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct. LA Rochefoucauld
There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom. Emerson
If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don’t imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it. Edgar Watson Howe
I should like to bring a case to trial: Prosperity versus Beauty. Cash registers teetering in a balance against the comfort of the soul. Amy Lowell
Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great. Victor Hugo
If a man is wise, he gets rich, and if he gets rich, he gets foolish, or his wife does. That’s what keeps the money moving around. Finley Peter Dunne
Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to the need. Epicurus
Fortune, men say, doth give too much to many, but yet she never gave enough to any. Sir John Harrington
Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination. Lionel Stander
Money is the alienated essence of man’s work and existence; this essence dominates him and he worships it. Karl Marx
Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life. Euripides
It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have got it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it. Emerson
They must know but little of mankind who can imagine that, after they have once been seduced by luxury, they can never renounce it. Rousseau
When you find fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman the young. Baltasar Gracian
It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized. Aristotle
The use of money is all the advantage there is to having money. Benjamin Franklin
Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches. Sadi
Natural wealth is limited and easily obtained; the wealth defined by vain fancies is always beyond reach. Epicurus
Industry if fortune’s right hand, and frugality her left. Thomas Fuller
When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend. Mark Twain
Hardship is vanishing, but so is style and the two are more closely connected than the present generation supposes. E. M. Forster
Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but in selection. Edmund Burke
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all; only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. Euripides
Money is not an aphrodisiac; the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier. Marya Mannes
There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change. Euripides
The makers of fortunes have a second love of money as a creation of their own, resembling the affection of authors for their own poems, or of parents for their children, besides that natural love of it for the sake of use and profit. Plato
It’s pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed. Kim Hubbard
Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. Rex Stout & Nero Wolfe
Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites. Thomas Fuller
We have produced a world of contented bodies and discontented minds. Adam Clayton Powell
Don’t envy men because they seem to have a run of luck, since luck’s a nine day’s wonder. Wait their end. Euripides
The control of the production of wealth is the control of human life itself. Hilaire Belloc
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master. Kahlil Gibran
Good fortune leads one to the highest glory, but to renounce it calls for equal courage. Corneille
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. Calvin Coolidge
Economy, in the estimation of common minds, often means the absence of all taste and comfort. Sydney Smith
Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship gods, and over these ideals they dispute; but they all worship money. Mark Twain
Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man. Benvenuto Cellini
A penny saved is a penny to squander. Ambrose Bierce
Now and then there is a person born who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else. Don Marquis
The difference between a little money and no money at all is enormous and can shatter the world. And the difference between a little money and an enormous amount is very slight, and that, also, can shatter the world. Thornton Wilder
And Finally Remember:
The ass loaded with gold still eats thistles.
