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They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?

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I've been poor and I've been rich. Rich is better!

I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich.

I've been rich and I've been poor, and rich is better.

Mae West, American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer (1893–1980)

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you can be happy or you can be miserable. It takes the same amount of effort.

Men who are “poor but joyful” or “rich but loving the rites” are larger in mind and spirit than those who are merely holding on to their integrity by not being ingratiating when poor or arrogant when rich.

It is good to stay in a peaceful poverty than to stay in a painful wealth.

If people are badly off, suffering, or otherwise remediably miserable, it is not appropriate to address their ill-being by bringing more happy people into the world to counterbalance their disadvantage. We should instead improve the situation of those who are badly off.

I’m rich. Who the hell wants to be happy?

In every bad situation, there is good and also, you don’t have to be rich to be happy. You have to try to make good things with what you have.

It is better to die poor, while free from fear and grief, than to live surrounded by riches and filled with anxiety.

To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

It’s lots better to be miserable than to be bored.

I'm rich. Who the hell wants to be happy?

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