Quotes about money, verified at the source
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Moralists, economists and novelists have had much to say about money: what it buys, what it cannot buy, what it does to people. Every quote on this page has been checked in the original work.
The lines are grouped by tone, from the funniest to the most serious.
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Formal
The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend.
Funny
A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Inspiring
Short
Knowledge is better than wealth: knowledge guards you, while you guard wealth.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Frequently asked questions
Is “time is money” a real quotation?
Yes: Benjamin Franklin wrote “Remember that time is money” in his Advice to a Young Tradesman. Proverbs without a known author are marked as such on this page.