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Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; — Napoleon
Oh, many a Cup of this forbidden Wine Must drown the memory of that insolence! — Omar Khayyám
Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit Of This and That endeavour and disp — Omar Khayyám
What! from his helpless Creature be repaid Pure Gold for what he lent him dross- — Omar Khayyám
All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction. — Oscar Wilde
A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. — Oscar Wilde
Μίμησιν μὲν γὰρ δὴ καὶ ἀπεικασίαν τὰ παρὰ πάντων ἡμῶν ῥηθέντα χρεών που γενέσθαι — Plato
People say law but they mean wealth. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Deep in the man sits fast his fate To mould his fortunes, mean or great. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whatever possessions and objects of its desires the lower self may obtain, it ha — Rumi
Thou hadst not seen a single blind man seated on the moat-edge, Had they sought — Rumi
Intellectual over-indulgence is the most gratuitous and disgraceful form which e — Samuel Butler