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

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We have among us a class of mammon worshippers, whose one test of conservatism or radicalism is the attitude one takes with respect to accumulated wealth. Whatever tends to preserve the wealth of the wealthy is called conservatism, and whatever favors anything else, no matter what is called socialism.

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Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.

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The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.

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He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

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Wealth is not of necessity a curse, nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better than either extreme; better for our manhood that we have enough for daily comfort; enough for culture, for hospitality, for charity. More than this may or may not be a blessing. Certainly it can be a blessing only by being accepted as a trust.

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That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

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The main source of our wealth is goodness. The affections and the generous qualities that God admires in a world full of greed.

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If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom keep it; if oppression found it, let repentance restore it; if thy parent left it, let thy virtues deserve it; so shall thy honor be safer, better and cheaper.

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The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.

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