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Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.

— Robert Burton

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

— Lucretius

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

— Oscar Wilde

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.

— Terence

All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.

— Ellen G. White

People want riches; they need fulfillment.

— Robert Conklin

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth.

— Mario Puzo

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

— B. C. Forbes

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

— Henry David Thoreau

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

— Charles Caleb Colton

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