He who multiplies Riches multiplies Cares.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Mo money mo problems Downsides of wealth Wealth Stress

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1744 1740s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. Poor Richard's Almanack. 1744.

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Any port in a storm.

John Cleland

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John Cleland
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1748 1740s 18th century
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Original Citation

Cleland, John. Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. Fenton Griffiths/G. Fenton, 1748 and 1749.

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Cleland, John. Fanny Hill or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. Modern Library, 2001.

Another quote about Wealth

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Jesus

Matthew 6:24

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Priorities Love of money Wealth Sermon on the Mount
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 6:24).

Another quote from Colonial America

We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are on us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.

John Winthrop

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America as example America

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John Winthrop
Source
A Model of Christian Charity
Medium
Sermon
Language
English
Time
1630 1630s 17th century
Era
Colonial America
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Citation

Winthrop, John. "A Model of Christian Charity" 8 April 1630. On board Arbella. Sermon.

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One swallow does not make a spring.

Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

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Jumping to conclusions Trends Patterns

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Aristotle
Source
The Nicomachean Ethics
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. 322 BC, bk 1, ch. 7, sect. 16.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics.Translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 1, ch. 7, sect. 16.