Corrosive effects of wealth

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The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

Aristotle

Rhetoric

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Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Wealth Character Fools

Author

Aristotle

Source

Rhetoric

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aristotle. Rhetoric. 322 BC, bk. 2, pt. 16, sect. 3.

Current Citation

Aristotle. The Art of Rhetoric, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 2, pt. 16, sect. 3.

Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Wealth Poverty

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Republic

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Yeah, I know what gold does to men's souls.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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Topic

Gold Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Money

Speaker

Howard

Actor

Walter Huston

Source

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

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Citation

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros.-First National, 1948.

Prosperity doth best discover Vice; But Adversity doth best discover Vertue.

Francis Bacon

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Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Overcoming adversity Personal growth Adversity

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Adversity Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Of Adversity." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Adversity." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.

G.K. Chesterton

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Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Wealth The rich

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

The Miser and His Friends A Miscellany of Men

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "A Miscellany of Men." The Wit, Whimsy and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Coachwhip Publications, 2009. Originally published by Methuen, 1912 .

Prosperity brings with it an intoxication which inferior men are unable to resist.

Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie humaine

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Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Wealth

Author

Honoré de Balzac

Source

César Birotteau La Comédie humaine

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

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De Balzac, Honoré. César Birotteau. Paris: Charles-Béchet, 1837.

Current Citation

De Balzac, Honoré. César Birotteau. Penguin Classics, 1994.

When the accumulation of wealth is no longer of high social importance, there will be great changes in the code of morals... The love of money as a possession—as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life—will be recognized for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity, one of those semi-criminal, semi-pathological propensities which one hands over with a shudder to the specialists in mental disease.

John Maynard Keynes

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Corrosive effects of wealth Wealth Capitalism

Author

John Maynard Keynes

Source

Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren

Medium

Essay

Genre

Economic literature

Statement Type

Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren." The Nation and Athenaeum, 11 and 18 Oct. 1930.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren (1930)." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016.