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on Tuesday, February 22, 2022Samuel Johnson Money Quote saying Money can’t give a path to pleasure or pain. Samuel Johnson said:
“Money can neither open new avenues to pleasure, nor block up the passages of anguish” — Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson: Spend Less
on Wednesday, August 26, 2020Samuel Johnson Money Quote saying be frugal as you’ll not be happy living in poverty and it will be tough on you. Samuel Johnson said:
“Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult” — Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson: Recompense Labor
on Sunday, August 2, 2020Samuel Johnson Money Quote saying it’s better to pay for work than to give money away for charity. Samuel Johnson said:
“You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity” — Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson: Unsuitable Cost
on Sunday, June 14, 2020Samuel Johnson Money Quote saying if you spend too much for pleasure, it is likely to be painful in the end. Samuel Johnson said:
“Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain” — Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson: Getting Money Business
on Sunday, December 31, 2017Samuel Johnson Money Quote saying earning is not our sole purpose in life – we must also seek and encourage kindness to humankind. Samuel Johnson said:
“Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life” — Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson: No Man But a Blockhead
on Monday, September 18, 2017Samuel Johnson (born September 18, 1709) Money Quote saying many men have claimed to write for an outlet to creative expression, but none of note writes unless they are paid to do so. Samuel Johnson said:
“No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money” — Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson: Decent Provision for Poor
on Monday, June 13, 2016Samuel Johnson Money Quote saying how a society cares for those in poverty is a telling sign of that society. Samuel Johnson said:
“A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization” — Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson: Negligence Affords Poverty
on Saturday, June 11, 2016Samuel Johnson Money Quote saying the attitude of negligence is a sure attraction to poverty for one who believes they have the luxury of being neglectful. Samuel Johnson said:
“He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor” — Samuel Johnson
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