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Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

Benjamin Franklin
4th Of July, Liberty, Wealth
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.17, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

A good spouse and health is a person's best wealth.

Benjamin Franklin
Humanity, Wealth, Spouse

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

Benjamin Franklin
Liberty, Doe, Wealth
Poor Richard's Almanack, Oct. 1734

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

Benjamin Franklin
Money, Sick, Wealth

Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the be.

Benjamin Franklin
Healthy, Wealth, Sober
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.68

Wherever desirable superfluities are imported, industry is excited, and thereby plenty is produced. Were only necessaries permitted to be purchased, men would work no more than was necessary for that purpose.

Benjamin Franklin
Men, Purpose, Wealth
Benjamin Franklin (1824). “The Works with His Life /Franklin, Benjamin”, p.238

No longer virtuous no longer free; is a Maxim as true with regard to a private Person as a Common-wealth.

Benjamin Franklin
Common, Wealth, Virtuous
Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.279, Oxford University Press, USA

Wealth and Content are not always Bed-fellows.

Benjamin Franklin
Bed, Wealth, Fellows
Benjamin Franklin (2013). “The Way to Wealth: Advice, Hints, and Tips on Business, Money, and Finance”, p.84, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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