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Someone here on the forum called me at some point an "arrogant European". Well...the "arrogant European" has noticed that there are few money quotes here from ...well... Europeans. Going beyond Benjamin Franklin, here are a few dear to my heart, not all of whom are from Europeans, but many are.
1. I know at last what distinguishes man from animals; financial worries.
Romain Rolland 1866-1944, French Writer
2. I cannot afford to waste my time making money.
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
3. The only reason to have money is to tell any SOB in the world to go to hell.
Humphrey Bogart
*This one is very American, all the way to the bone!
4. Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you'll be surprised at how little you have.
Ernest Haskins
5. I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test. Unknown...but it sounds European to me.
6. Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
7. Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes his heart entirely to money.
Arthur Schopenhauer 1788-1860, German Philosopher
8. Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it. Fannie Hurst
9. You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help.
Jean Kerr
10. One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn 1918-, Russian Novelist