In bestowing charity, the main consideration: should be to help those who will help themselves; to provide part of the means by which those who desire to improve may do so; to give those who desire to rise the aids by which they may rise; to assist, but rarely or never to do all. Neither the individual nor the race is improved by almsgiving. Those worthy of assistance, except in rare cases, seldom require assistance. The really valuable men of the race never do, except in case of accident or sudden change. Every one has, of course, cases of individuals brought to his own knowledge where temporary assistance can do genuine good, and these he will not overlook. But the amount which can be wisely given by the individual for individuals is necessarily limited by his lack of knowledge of the circumstances connected with each. He is the only true reformer who is as care ful and as anxious not to aid the unworthy as he is to aid the worthy, and, perhaps, even more so, for in almsgiving more injury is probably done by rewarding vice than by relieving virtue. The rich man is thus almost restricted to following the examples of...others, who know that the best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise: free libraries, parks, and means of recreation, by which men are helped in body and mind; works of art, certain to give pleasure and improve the public taste; and public institutions of various kinds, which will improve the general condition of the people; in this manner returning their surplus wealth to the mass of their fellows in the forms best calculated to do them lasting good.
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The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this -- the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get it.
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The capitalist engine is first and last an engine of mass production which unavoidably also means production for the masses. . . . It is the cheap cloth, the cheap cotton and rayon fabric, boots, motorcars and so on that are the typical achievements of capitalist production, and not as a rule improvements that would mean much to the rich man. Queen Elizabeth owned silk stockings. The capitalist achievement does not typically consist in providing more silk stockings for queens but in bringing them within reach of factory girls.
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The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, and ordered their estate.
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A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn't enough merely to make money. He feels obliged to hold views, to espouse causes and elect Presidents, to explain to a trembling world how and why the world went wrong. The spectacle is nearly always comic.
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A rich man has no need of character.
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Luke 16:19:
'There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.'
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There was a certain rich man who [habitually] clothed himself in purple and fine linen and reveled and feasted and made merry in splendor every day.
(AMP)
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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James 1:11:
For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.
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For the sun comes up with a scorching heat and parches the grass; its flower falls off and its beauty fades away. Even so will the rich man wither and die in the midst of his pursuits. [Isa. 40:6, 7.](AMP)
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
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The meekest of animals will fight bravely when it is backed against a wall, for it has nothing left to lose. A poor man is more deadly than a rich man because he puts less value on his own life.
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I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.
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I've seen a rich man beg and a good man sin. I've seen a tough man cry.I've seen a loser win and a sad man grin. I heard an honest man lie. I've seen the good side of bad and the downside of up and everything in between. I've licked the silver spoon, drank from the golden cup and smoked the finest green.
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It is easier for a camel to pass through they eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.
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It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.
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[When asked what was the proper time for supper] If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
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You may cut off the heads of every rich man now living—of every statesman—every literary, and every scientific authority, without in the l...
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When asked what was the proper time for supper If you are a rich man, whenever you please and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.
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Amen I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than it is for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
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I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man I want a man without money rather than money without a man.
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A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.
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It is harder for a poor man to be successful than it is for a rich man.
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The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
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The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.
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A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
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Luke 16:1:
Jesus told his disciples: 'There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.'
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ALSO [Jesus] said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager of his estate, and accusations [against this man] were brought to him, that he was squandering his [master's] possessions.
(AMP)
And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
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A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
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Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.
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If there were one who lived wholly without the use of money, the State itself would hesitate to demand it of him. But the rich man—not to ma...
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Luke 16:22:
'The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.'
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And it occurred that the man [reduced to] begging died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
(AMP)
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
(KJV)
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Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.
Technology
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