You can have nice things, or you can let everybody use them.
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You never find people endeavoring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune.
–Johnson
To lose one’s money folly used to be enough; today it also requires ambition.
Most of us have finally learned to stop glamorizing poverty; now if we could only learn to stop glamorizing wealth.
To the victor in argument belong no spoils.
We are rich, and adapted to be poor, and thus miserable.
We can forgive capitalism, democracy, and technology for giving us what we want, but not for showing us what we want.
Money makes all things possible, such as not caring about money.
It is difficult, when you are poor and obscure, to persuade anyone of your indifference to wealth and fame.
The lottery ticket is cheap, it’s the hope that’s expensive.
The shrewdest strivers all profess a deep and abiding respect for intellect, provided it keeps its distance.