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“Display of superior knowledge is as great a vulgarity as display of superior wealth—greater indeed, inasmuch as knowledge should tend more definitely than wealth towards discretion & good manners.” — Henry Watson Fowler, A Dictionary Of Modern English Usage
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“The ultimate insanity is to so organize society that power, wealth, and information are concentrated in the hands of so few people that they have the power, for whatever reason, to put to death our species and the living earth as well. But so we have.” — Dee Hock, Autobiography of a Restless Mind
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“The fortunate man is he who, born poor, or nobody, works gradually up to wealth and consideration, and, having got them, dies before he finds they were not worth so much trouble.” — Charles Reade, Christie Johnstone
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“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.” — Henry David Thoreau, “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,” Walden
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“If Men considered how many Things there are that Riches cannot buy, they would not be so fond of them.” — George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections
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“Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.” — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack
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“The rich are no better than us, they just have more money.” — Bob Lefsetz, “Sony”, The Lefsetz Letter (2014-12-19)
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“I’m rich! I don’t mean money-wise. I mean that I have figured out how to never be around assholes at any time in my personal and professional life. That’s rich.” — John Waters, John Waters’ Commencement Address – RISD 2015
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“If you are rich, you have to be an idiot not to stay rich. And if you are poor, you have to be really smart to get rich.” — John Green, The Greek Debt Crisis Explained in Four Minutes
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