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• 06.23.11
  Oscar Wilde Quote – Industry is the root of all ugliness Oscar Wilde | (0)

  Industry is the root of all ugliness. - Oscar Wilde ((From Phrases and Philosophies For The Use Of The Young in The Prose of Oscar Wilde, pg. 308))

  Tagged: industry, work
  
• 06.22.11
  Oscar Wilde Quote – Every man of ambition has to fight … Oscar Wilde | (0)

  Every man of ambition has to fight his century with its own weapons. What this century worships is wealth. The god of this century is wealth. To succeed one must have wealth. At all costs one must have wealth. - Oscar Wilde ((From Sebastian Melmoth in The Prose of Oscar Wilde, pg. 663))

  Tagged: society, wealth
  
• 06.22.11
  Oscar Wilde Quote – Time is waste of money Oscar Wilde | (0)

  Time is waste of money. - Oscar Wilde ((From Phrases and Philosophies For The Use Of The Young in The Prose of Oscar Wilde, pg. 307))

  Tagged: money, time
  
• 06.21.11
  Music Quote – T.I. ft. Rihanna – Live Your Life T.I. | (0)

  rappers nowadays are comedy the hootin' and the hollerin' back and forth with all the arguin' where you from, who you know, what you make and what kind of car you in seems as though you lost sight of what's important with the positive and checks into your bank account and you up out of poverty your values is a disarray, prioritizin' horribly unhappy with your riches 'cause your piss poor morally ignoring all prior advice and forewarnin' and we might full of ourselves all of a sudden, aren't we? Chorus: you're gonna be a shining star fancy clothes, fancy cars and then you'll see you're gonna go far cause everyone knows, who you are so live your life you steady chasing that paper just ...

  Tagged: advice, avarice, banks, greed, high roller, love of money, money, moral, riches
  
• 06.20.11
  Oscar Wilde Quote – If the poor only had profiles … Oscar Wilde | (0)

  If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty. - Oscar Wilde ((From Phrases and Philosophies For The Use Of The Young in The Prose of Oscar Wilde, pg. 305))

  Tagged: poor, poverty
  
• 06.20.11
  Oscar Wilde Quote – A woman ought to consider it … Oscar Wilde | (0)

  The character of girls must depend upon their reading as much as upon the company they keep. Besides the intrinsic pleasure to be derived from solid knowledge, a woman ought to consider it as her best resource against poverty. - Mrs. Taylor as quoted by Oscar Wilde ((From Three Remarkable Women in The Prose of Oscar Wilde, pg. 493))

  Tagged: knowledge, poverty, women
  
• 06.19.11
  Leo Tolstoy Quote – People who have little thought … Leo Tolstoy | (0)

  People who have little thought of the relations of the rich to the poor generally assume that all that is necessary is for the rich to give to the poor, or that they should be compelled to give part of their wealth, and all would be well.  But this is a great mistake.  The whole thing is in the distribution.  If there is a poor man, it is always because the distribution effected by the laws in regard to the acquisition of property, the labour, and the relation of the classes is irregular; and so, to correct this irregular distribution, ...

  Tagged: giving, money, poor, poverty, rich, wealth
  
• 06.19.11
  Oscar Wilde Quote – There is only one class … Oscar Wilde | (0)

  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. That is the misery of being poor. - Oscar Wilde ((From Oscariana in The Prose of Oscar Wilde, pg. 601))

  Tagged: class, misery, money, poor, rich
  

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