The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But in both cases, money does it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's nonsense to say money doesn't buy happiness, but people exaggerate the extent to which more money can buy more happiness.
I would be the first to say that while a lack of money can cause misery, money doesn't buy you happiness.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
Though I knew that poverty certainly didn't buy happiness, I wasn't convinced that money did, either.
I think family, friends and a sense of community give you greater happiness than money. But, of course, one has to have a minimum on which to live. The joy I get from sitting around and having a laugh is immeasurable - much greater than anything that I have ever bought.
It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
Money can't buy you happiness, but it helps you look for it in a lot more places.
Money doesn't buy happiness. But happiness isn't everything.