No man will take counsel, but every man will take money: therefore money is better than counsel.
—Jonathan Swift, 1702
Archive
Quotes
No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
—Samuel Johnson, 1776Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCOligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
—James J. Cramer, 2006