Socrates

The hottest love has the coldest end.

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

Enjoy yourself – it’s later than you think.

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That’s not me.

The only wealth I have to give is not material and if you need much more than that, I’m not available.

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.

Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly.

Wealth – any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one’s wife’s sister’s husband.

Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.

I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions. I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as Russia – I believe that is my greatest wealth.

Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.

Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn’t enough and you have to go and get shot or something.

Abramovich’s got six yachts which are just gigantic and you think, ‘What a waste of money. He could transform so many people’s lives if he put that money to good use.

My life with Roman was not the fairytale that the papers reported.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one’s life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.