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Daniel Defoe: Wealth Makes Lords
on Tuesday, December 28, 2021Daniel Defoe Money Quote saying wealth creates the lower classes into upper class by means of money. Daniel Defoe said:
“Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; ‘Tis impudence and money makes a peer” — Daniel Defoe
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Daniel Defoe: Wise Despise Poverty
on Monday, December 27, 2021Daniel Defoe Money Quote saying wealthy have wisdom and the educated despise poverty. Daniel Defoe said:
“He that is rich is wise, And all men learned poverty despise” — Daniel Defoe
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Daniel Defoe: Rich Man Honest
on Sunday, December 26, 2021Daniel Defoe Money Quote saying one with wealth has no need to cheat when it wouldn’t benefit his bottom line or he’s doubly dishonest. Daniel Defoe said:
“A rich man is an honest man — no thanks to him; for he would be a double knave, to cheat mankind when he had no need of it: he has no occasion to press upon his integrity, nor so much as to touch upon the borders of dishonesty” — Daniel Defoe
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Daniel Defoe: Poverty Worst Snare
on Monday, November 15, 2021Daniel Defoe Money Quote saying coveting wealth is worst evil, and being poor is the worst trap to those who fall into it. Daniel Defoe said:
“As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares” — Daniel Defoe
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