Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.
Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.
Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.
Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.
For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Wealth often takes away chances from men as well as poverty. There is none to tell the rich to go on striving, for a rich man makes the law that hallows and hollows his own life.
The most valuable wealth of a man is his knowledge, which cannot be destroyed; all other riches that he has gained are not considered to be wealth at all.
We do not want riches, we want peace and love.
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