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The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.

The accumulation of wealth is followed by an increase of care, and by an appetite for more.

Horace
Care, Wealth, Increase

Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.

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Greed, Care, Wealth
Horace (1936). “Complete Works”

Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to our insufficient fortune.

Horace
Wealth, Fortune, Nameless

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Horace
Riches, Firsts, Wealth

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

Horace
Wealth, Enjoy, Ifs

The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

Horace
Mean, Wealth, Given

High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed.

Horace
Useless, Deeds, Wealth

Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.

Horace
Noble, Wealth, Descent
"Satires", II. 5. 8, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 864-67, 1922.

Riches either serve or govern the possessor.

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Riches, Wealth
"Epistles", I. 10. 47, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 864-67, 1922.

Money is to be sought for first of all; virtue after wealth. [Lat., Quaerenda pecunia primum est; virtus post nummos.]

Horace
Money, Firsts, Wealth

A pauper in the midst of wealth.

Horace
Wealth, Midst
Horace (1903). “Horace for English Readers: Being a Translation of the Poems of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Into English Prose”

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.

Horace
His Love, Wealth, Grows

When I caution you against becoming a miser, I do not therefore advise you to become a prodigal or a spendthrift.

Horace
Becoming, Wealth, Caution

Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome.

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Rome, Noise, Wealth
"Carmina", III. 29. 11, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 677, 1922.

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