Mark Twain Quotes About Money
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Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute-but they all worship money.
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His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine.
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I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
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The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.
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Unexpected money is a delight. The same sum is a bitterness when you expected more.
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Virtue has never been as respectable as money.
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The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
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I went to the circus, and loafed around the back side till the watchman went by, and then dived in under the tent. I had my twenty-dollar gold piece and some other money, but I reckoned I better save it.... I ain't opposed to spending money on circuses, when there ain't no other way, but there ain't no use in wasting it on them.
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Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
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I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop.
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Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them.
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The lack of money is the root of all evil.
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We have the best government that money can buy.
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Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth.
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When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.
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Geological time is not money.
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There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.
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Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" - which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Pull all your eggs in the one basket and - WATCH THAT BASKET." - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
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If all men were rich, all men would be poor.
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How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.
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What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
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