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Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves. Proverb
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. Proverb
Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. Proverb
Nothing costs so much as what is given us. Proverb
God help the rich, the poor can beg. Proverb
Riches are for spending. F. Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam, Essays. 30. Of Expense
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. The Bible, Proverbs, 15, 17
Accomplice, n. Your partner in business. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Accomplice
Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Distance
Forgetfulness, n. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Forgetfulness
Gold, n. A yellow metal greatly prized for its convenience in zhe various kinds of robbery known as trade. The word was formerly spelled "God" - the l was inserted to distinguish it from the name of another and inferior deity. [...]Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Gold
Houseless, adj. Having paid all taxes on household goods. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Houseless
Hunger, n. A peculiar disease afflicting all classes of mankind and commonly treated by dieting. It is observed that those who live in fine houses have it the lightest. This information is useful to chronic sufferers. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Hunger
Improvidence, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Improvidence
Impunity, n. Wealth. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Impunity
Labor, n. One of the processes by which A acquires property for B. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Labor
Land, n. A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. Carried to its logical conclusion, it means that some have the right to prevent others from living; for the right to own implies the right exclusively to occupy; and in fact laws of trespass are enacted wherever property in land is recognized. It follows that if the whole area of terra firma is owned by A, B and C, there will be no place for D, E, F and G to be born, or, born as trespassers, to exist. [...] Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Land
Money, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. Supportable property. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Money
Owe, v. To have (and to hold) a debt. The word formerly signified not indebtedness, but possession; it meant "own," and in the minds of debtors there is still a good deal of confusion between assets and liabilities. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Owe
Palm, n. A species of tree having several varieties, of which the familiar "itching palm" (Palma hominis) is most widely distributed and sedulously cultivated. This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver. The metal will adhere with remarkable tenacity. The fruit of the itching palm is so bitter and unsatisfying that a considerable percentage of it is sometimes given away in what are known as "benefactions." Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Palm
Piracy, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Piracy
Pocket, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Pocket
Poor, adj. Persons who are unable to pay their taxes. For example Vanderbilt. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Poor
Price, n. Value, plus a reasonable sum for wear and tear of conscience in demanding it. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Price
Remote, adj. The day when merit will be in more demand than money. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Remote
Riches, n.A gift from Heaven signifying, "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." John D. Rockefeller
The reward of toil and virtue. J. P. Morgan
The savings of many in the hands of one. Eugene Debs
To these excellent definitions the inspired lexicographer feels that he can add nothing of value. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Riches
Severalty, n. Separateness, as, lands in severalty, i. e., lands held individually, not in joint ownership. Certain tribes of Indians are believed now to be sufficiently civilized to have in severalty the lands that they have hitherto held as tribal organizations, and could not sell to the Whites for waxen beads and potato whiskey. [...] Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Severalty
Tariff, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. [...] Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary, s. v. Tariff
It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. S. Butler, Erewhon, Ch. 20
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. S. Butler, Note-books, Life, 16
What is a communist? One who has yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings.E. Elliott, Epigram
Miller owns this field, Locke that, and Manning the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape. There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet. This is the best part of these men's farms, yet to this their warranty-deeds give no title. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, Nature, I
Nay, the evil custom reaches into the whole institution of property, until our laws which establish and protect it seem not to be the issue of love and reason, but of selfishness. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Man the Reformer. A Lecture Read Before the Mechanics' Apprentices' Library Association, Boston, January 25, 1841
Avarice, the spur of industry. D. Hume, Essays, Of Civil Liberty
We have no aristocracy of blood, and having therefore as a natural, and indeed as an inevitable thing, fashioned for ourselves an aristocracy of dollars, the display of wealth has here to take the place and perform the office of the heraldic display in monarchical countries. E. A. Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture
In short, the cost of an article of furniture has at length come to be, with us, nearly the sole test of its merit [...] E. A. Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture
It is an evil growing out of our republican institutions, that here a man of large purse has usually a very little soul which he keeps in it. E. A. Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture
As we grow rich, our ideas grow rusty. E. A. Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture
Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary.W. Shakespeare, King John, 2, 1, 593
Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all.W. Shakespeare, King Lear, 4, 6, 164
Remuneration! O, that's the Latin word for three farthings. W. Shakespeare, King Lear, 3, 1, 129
You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live.W. Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, 4, 1, 370
When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. W. Shakespeare, The Tempest, 2, 2, 29
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. W. Shakespeare, The Tempest, 2, 2, 38
To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers. A. Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 2, 4
There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail. L. P. Smith, Afterthoughts, 1, Life and Human Nature
Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrer the money to do it with. A. Ward (C. Farrar Browne), Science and Natural History
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