The CommonplaceWestern maxims for the mind and the wall.

Themes

Money

Price, possession, and what wealth actually buys.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
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The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
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A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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The worth of money is not in its possession, but in its use.
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