Wealth as burden

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Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.

Francis Bacon

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Wealth as burden Downsides of wealth Wealth

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Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 6.

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Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 6.

Why should man be in love with his fetters, though of gold?

Francis Bacon

The Remains

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Francis Bacon

Source

On Death The Remains

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1626 1620s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Bacon, Francis. "On Death." The Remains. London, 1648.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

Mary Astell

An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex

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Mary Astell

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An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1696 1690s 17th century

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Drake, Judith [published as written by a lady]. An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. London: A. Roper and E. Wilkinson, 1696.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger

Source

Consolation to Polybius

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Latin

Time

44 40s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Seneca the Younger. Ad Polybium De Consolatione [Of Consolation, To Polybius]. c. 44 AD, ch. 6, sect. 5.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

John Ruskin

The Eagle's Nest

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Wealth as burden Downsides of wealth

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John Ruskin

Source

The Eagle's Nest

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1872 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Ruskin, John. Lecture given at the University of Oxford. 22 Feb. 1872, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.

Property, possessions and riches had also finally trapped him. They were no longer a game and a toy. They had become a chain and a burden.

Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

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Hermann Hesse

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Siddhartha

Medium

Novel

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung [Siddhartha: An Indian Poetry]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1922.

Current Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Penguin Classics, 2002.

He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.

Bion of Borysthenes

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Bion of Borysthenes

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Diogenes Laërtius

Source

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Genre

Biography Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Bion. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 4, ch. 7, sect. 50.

Current Citation

Bion. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 4, ch. 7, sect. 50.