Accumulation of wealth

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Cash rules everything around me
C. R. E. A. M., get the money
Dollar dollar bill, y'all

Wu-Tang Clan

C.R.E.A.M.

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Accumulation of wealth Money

Speaker

Wu-Tang Clan

Source

C.R.E.A.M. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Medium

Song

Genre

Hip-hop

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wu-Tang Clan. "C.R.E.A.M." Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Loud Records/RCA Records, 1993.

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Discourse on Political Economy

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Accumulation of wealth Money

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Source

Discourse on Political Economy

Genre

Political literature

Language

French

Time

1755 1750s 18th century

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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discours sur l'economie politique [Discourse on Political Economy]. Encyclopédie, 1755.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Discourse on the Political Economy." The Basic Political Writings, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett, 2012.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Accumulation of wealth Enjoying life Wealth

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1736 1730s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1736.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 6:19-20

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Topic

Accumulation of wealth Love of money Wealth Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982.. (Matthew 6:19-20).

How much is enough?

Bud Fox

Wall Street

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Accumulation of wealth Money

Speaker

Bud Fox

Actor

Charlie Sheen

Source

Wall Street

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone, American Entertainment Partners/American Films, 1987.

The more money an American accumulates the less interesting he himself becomes.

Gore Vidal

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Topic

Accumulation of wealth Downsides of wealth

Author

Gore Vidal

Source

H. Hughes The New York Review of Books

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Vidal, Gore. "H. Hughes." The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 1972.

The withered primrose by the mourning river,
The faded summer’s sun from weeping fountains,
The light-blown bubble vanished for ever,
The molten snow upon the naked mountains,
Are emblems that the treasures we up-lay
Soon wither, vanish, fade, and melt away.

Edmund Bolton

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Topic

Accumulation of wealth Impermanence The ephemeral The only constant is change

Author

Edmund Bolton

Source

A Palinode

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1600 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Citation

Bolton, Edmund. A Palinode. c. 1600.

A mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich.

Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

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Accumulation of wealth

Author

Robert Burton

Source

The Anatomy of Melancholy

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1621 1620s 17th century

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Original Citation

Burton, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy. Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1621, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Burton, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy, edited by Holbrook Jackson. New York Review Books, 2001, pt. 1.