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A favourite Spike Milligan line is, "Please God, all I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy."
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
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Christina Stead:

"If all the rich men in the world divided up their money amongst themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around "
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Catweazle wrote:Christina Stead:

"If all the rich men in the world divided up their money amongst themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around "
You could go further than that

"If all the rich men in the world divided up all the money in the world amongst themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around!"
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Remember guys, happiness can't buy you money.
I experience pleasure and pains, and pursue goals in service of them, so I cannot reasonably deny the right of other sentient agents to do the same - Steven Pinker
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emordnilap wrote:Remember guys, happiness can't buy you money.
Reminds me of something Michael Caine once said:

"....I've been miserable and rich and I've been miserable and poor. On balance....I preferred being miserable and rich...."
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