Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Money, Money, Money

There are lots of English proverbs related to money.
What do you think about the following proverbs? Do you agree with them? Write your comments.


When money speaks, the truth keeps silent.
- Russian Proverb

He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
- Michelet

Rich or poor, it's good to have money.
- Sid Lance

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
- Simone Weil

A penny saved is a penny earned.
- Ben Franklin

I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
- Pablo Picasso

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
- Voltaire

Money isn't everything--but it's a long way ahead of what comes next. - Edmund Stockdale

The value of money is that with it we can tell any man to go to the devil. It is the sixth sense which enables you to enjoy the other five.
- Somerset Maugham