Wealth Quotes - Page 29

Our wealth is often a snare to ourselves, and always a temptation to others.
Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.187
The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.
"A Dreary Story". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1889.
There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.
'Doctor Thorne' (1858) ch. 16
Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.125, ReadHowYouWant.com
Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.64, Pelekanos Books
Thorstein Veblen (2016). “BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Premium Collection: 25+ Titles in One Volume: The Theory of Business Enterprise, The Higher Learning in America, The Vested Interests and the Common Man, On the Nature of Capital…: The Theory of the Leisure Class, The Beginning of Ownership, The Preconceptions of Economic Science, The Industrial System and the Captains of Industry, The Socialist Economics of Karl Marx…”, p.69, e-artnow
Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
Tacitus (2007). “The Annals & The Histories”, p.100, Modern Library
"Life of Samuel Johnson". Book by James Boswell, 1777.