Money

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Money... Is none of the wheels of trade: It is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy.

David Hume

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Money

Author

David Hume

Source

Of Money Political Discourses

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1752 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hume, David. "Of Money." Political Discourses. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, 1752, no. 3.

Current Citation

Hume, David. "Of Money." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary: Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Mark A Box. Oxford University Press, 2022, pt. 2, no. 3.

It's all about the Benjamins, baby

P. Diddy

It's All About the Benjamins

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Topic

Love of money Money

Speaker

P. Diddy

Source

It's All About the Benjamins

Medium

Song

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Sean Jacobs, et. al. "It's All About the Benjamins." Performed by Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim, the Lox, and the Notorious B.I.G. No Way Out. Bad Boy Records/Arista Records, 1997.

Riches are for spending.

Francis Bacon

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Purpose of money Money

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Expense Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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

Money is the necessity that frees us from necessity.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Financial freedom Money Freedom

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

A Poet of the Actual Forewords and Afterwords

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "A Poet of the Actual." Forewords and Afterwords. Random House/Faber and Faber, 1973.

Well, it's no trick to make a lot of money if all you want is to make a lot of money.

Citizen Kane

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Topic

Making money Money Wealth

Speaker

Mr. Bernstein

Actor

Everett Sloane

Source

Citizen Kane

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Citizen Kane. Directed by Orson Welles. RKO Radio Pictures/Mercury Productions, 1941.

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

W. Somerset Maugham

Of Human Bondage

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Topic

Money

Speaker

Monsieur Foinet

Author

W. Somerset Maugham

Source

Of Human Bondage

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. George H. Doran Company, 1915, ch. 51.

Current Citation

Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. Signet, 2007, ch. 51.

No graven images may be
Worshipped, except the currency.

Arthur Hugh Clough

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Love of money Money

Author

Arthur Hugh Clough

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Clough, Arthur Hugh. "The Latest Decalogue." Poems. Macmillan and Company, 1862, I. 3.

Life is a game... And you keep score with dollars.

Ted Turner

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Topic

Money Nature of life Life

Speaker

Ted Turner

Source

Playboy Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Turner, Ted. "Playboy Interview: Ted Turner." Interviewed by Peter Ross Range. Playboy Magazine, Aug. 1978.

The main thing about money, Bud, is makes you do things you don't want to do.

Wall Street

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Topic

Power of money Money

Speaker

Lou Mannheim

Actor

Hal Holbrook

Source

Wall Street

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

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

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

Gerald Brenan

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Money The poor Poverty

Author

Gerald Brenan

Source

Thoughts in a Dry Season

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Brenan, Gerald. Thoughts in a Dry Season: A Miscellany. Cambridge University Press, 1978.

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis.

George Bernard Shaw

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Importance of money Money

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

The Irrational Knot Our Corner

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "The Irrational Knot." Our Corner. 1885-1887, preface. Serial.

Virtue never has been as respectable as money.

Mark Twain

The Innocents Abroad

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Topic

Virtue Money Wealth

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Innocents Abroad

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869, ch. 55.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress. Random House Publishing Group, 2003, ch. 55.

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.

Oscar Wilde

Fortnightly Review

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Rich vs. poor Money Poverty The poor

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Soul of Man Under Socialism Fortnightly Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." Fortnightly Review. London: Chapman and Hall, Feb. 1891.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, edited by Linda Dowling. Penguin Classics, 2001.

We have heard it said that five per cent is the natural interest of money.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Topic

Finance Money

Author

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Source

Southey's Colloquies Edinburgh Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Southey's Colloquies." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1830.