“When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.”
Artemus Ward (1834–1867) American writer
“When a fellow says, "It hain't the money, but th' principle o' the thing," it's th' money.”
Hoss Sense and Nonsense (1926).
As quoted in The American Treasury, 1455-1955 (1955) by Clifton Fadiman, p. 993.
Variant: When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money.
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Canto I, line 131
Hudibras, Part I (1663–1664)
Context: Whatever sceptic could inquire for,
For ev'ry why he had a wherefore;
Knew more than forty of them do,
As far as words and terms cou'd go.
All which he understood by rote
And, as occasion serv'd, would quote;
No matter whether right or wrong,
They might be either said or sung.
His notions fitted things so well,
That which was which he could not tell;
But oftentimes mistook th' one
For th' other, as great clerks have done.
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H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer
“Recognition of one’s fellows is distorted when money is prioritized as value itself.”
Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)
State of the Art (2000)
“Sacrifice money, not principles.”
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Source: Why Men Are the Way They Are (1988), p. 218.