Henry David Thoreau Quotes About Money
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Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it.
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If there were one who lived wholly without the use of money, the State itself would hesitate to demand it of him. But the rich man--not to make any invidious comparison--is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.... Thus his moral ground is taken from under his feet.
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Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.
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The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.
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It is remarkable that there are few men so well employed, so much to their minds, but that a little money or fame would commonly buy them off from their present pursuit.
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Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
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I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
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The only wealth is life.
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Those services which the community will most readily pay for, it is most disagreeable to render.
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The community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man.
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The opportunities of living are diminished in proportion as what are called the "means" are increased.
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
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Men will tell you sometimes that "money's hard." That shows it was not made to eat, I say.... Some of those who sank with the steamer the other day found out that money was heavy too.
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It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellowmen to have an interest in your enterprise.
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That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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The truth is, there is money buried everywhere, and you have only to go to work to find it.
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To have done anything just for money is to have been truly idle.
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If you give money, spend yourself with it.
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You may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.
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Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
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The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.
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