Arthur Schopenhauer on Money
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Arthur Schopenhauer, catalogued under money, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Arthur Schopenhauer, entry #119778: "Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become."
Attributed to Arthur Schopenhauer, entry #232636: "Means at our disposal should be regarded as a bulwark against the many evils and misfortunes that can occur. We should not regard such wealth as a permission or even an obligation…"
3 Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer on Money
"Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become."
"Means at our disposal should be regarded as a bulwark against the many evils and misfortunes that can occur. We should not regard such wealth as a permission or even an obligation to procure for ourselves the pleasures of the world."
"People who originally have no means but are ultimately able to earn a great deal, through whatever talents they may possess, almost always come to think that these are permanent capital and that what they gain through them is interest. Accordingly, they do not put aside part of their earnings to form a permanent capital, but spend their money as fast as they earn it. But they are then often reduced to poverty because their earnings decrease or come to an end after their talent, which was of a transitory nature, is exhausted, as happens, for example, in the case of almost all the fine arts; or because it could be brought to bear only under a particular set of circumstances that has ceased to exist."