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O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It’s not a popular position.

There are people who have money and people who are rich.

When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches – the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it’s less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

If I hadn’t given my money away, I’d have had more than anyone else on the planet.

Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.

Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.