Posts Tagged ‘servants’
Henrik Ibsen: Happiness Husk
on Sunday, December 20, 2020Henrik Ibsen Money Quote saying money is representative of substance but is instead only symbolic. Henrik Ibsen said:
“Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness” — Henrik Ibsen
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Henry David Thoreau: Sell Servants
on Saturday, July 18, 2020Henry David Thoreau Money Quote saying we lack the drive and belief in ourselves, so instead live as slaves to work. Henry David Thoreau said:
“Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants” — Henry David Thoreau
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Benjamin Franklin: Greed of Kings
on Friday, July 30, 2010Benjamin Franklin money quote on the greed of Kings and Pharaohs who would take everything from their people and make them lifelong slaves.
“There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not … get first all the people’s money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants for ever” — Benjamin Franklin
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In this quote, Benjamin Franklin is criticizing the tendency of some monarchs to abuse their power at the expense of citizens. He suggests that out of every 100 kings, nearly all would try to first collect all the wealth of the people in the form of “money”, then seize control of their “lands” or property, and ultimately make the people and even future generations “servants for ever” by stripping away their freedoms and rights.
Franklin appears to be warning of the risks of unfettered royal authority, implying that without checks on their power many rulers would oppressively exploit subjects for financial and political gain. The overall interpretation is that Franklin saw this hypothetical scenario of total domination by kings as a threat to liberty that should be guarded against.