“However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.”
“The poor, by thinking unceasingly of money, reach the point of losing the spiritual advantages of non-possession, thereby sinking as low as the rich.”
The Trouble With Being Born (1973)
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Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911–1995Related quotes
Patrologia Latina, vol. 37, p. 1922
“This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”
1963, Third State of the Union Address
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
““The poor and the middle class work for money.” “The rich have money work for them.””
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“[The rich] are indeed rather possessed by their money than possessors.”
Section 2, member 3, subsection 12, Covetousness, a Cause.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Unlike money, hope is all: for the rich as well as for the poor.”
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