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01c. 1565 AD

The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, As sages in all times assert; The happy man 's without a shirt.

John Heywood / quote

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02c. 1573 AD

Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more: They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I have; they pine, I live.

Edward Dyer / quote

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03c. 1579 AD

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

Christopher Marlowe / quote

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04c. 1590 AD

Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange.

William Shakespeare / quote

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05c. 1590 AD

She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.

William Shakespeare / quote

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06c. 1590 AD

He that wants money, means, and content is without three good friends.

William Shakespeare / quote

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07c. 1590 AD

Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.

William Shakespeare / quote

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08c. 1590 AD

Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal.

William Shakespeare / quote

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09c. 1590 AD

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

William Shakespeare / quote

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10c. 1590 AD

It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear.

William Shakespeare / quote

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11c. 1590 AD

Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear 't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare / quote

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12c. 1590 AD

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

William Shakespeare / quote

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13c. 1590 AD

Put money in thy purse.

William Shakespeare / quote

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14c. 1590 AD

Poor and content is rich and rich enough.

William Shakespeare / quote

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15c. 1593 AD

Virtue is like a rich stone,—best plain set.

Francis Bacon / quote

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16c. 1593 AD

When you wander, as you often delight to do, you wander indeed, and give never such satisfaction as the curious time requires. This is not caused by any natural defect, but first for want of election, when you, having a large and fruitful mind, should not so much labour what to speak as to find what to leave unspoken. Rich soils are often to be weeded.

Francis Bacon / quote

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17c. 1605 AD

Get money; still get money, boy, No matter by what means.

Ben Jonson / quote

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18c. 1615 AD

There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowels of the earth, many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen, nor never shall be.

Bishop Hall / quote

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19c. 1608 AD

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Robert Burton / quote

Meaning: Saving a small amount can be a poor bargain if it creates a much larger cost. Judge the total consequences of a decision rather than only the immediate saving.

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20c. 1608 AD

[The rich] are indeed rather possessed by their money than possessors.

Robert Burton / quote

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21c. 1608 AD

Were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save charges.

Robert Burton / quote

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22c. 1608 AD

A mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich.

Robert Burton / quote