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The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." - Albert Einstein

Go to fullsize image"What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class." Alexis de Tocqueville


 "The greatest wealth is to live content with little." Plato

"Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent." Marlon Brando


"Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions." Frank Lloyd Wright


"It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly." Bertrand Russell

Enjoy your job, make lots of money, work within the law. Choose any two.  Unknown



"I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes." Kahlil Gibran


"Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you." Winston Churchill

"A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, united in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and labourer. His produce, therefore, should pay him the rent of the first, the profit of the second, and the wages of the third." Adam Smith

"Money can't buy love, but it improves your bargaining position." Christopher Marlowe

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
J.R.R. Tolkien

Comments

shabnam said…
hi
cool blog..what i likes the best in ur wonderful collection of qoutes on money is

"Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent." Marlon Brando


keep it up
ekusinero said…
Yeah, its really true, money is the root of all evil.

Cool blog! You've got a different approach but a bit radical touch.

Keep it up...

Cheers!!!

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