money can’t buy happiness
- money can’t buy happiness
A recurrent theme in invectives against materialism down the ages, but this formulation of it appears to be comparatively recent.
1856 G. C. BALDWIN Representative Women 215 Gold cannot buy happiness, and parents who compel their daughters to marry for money, or station, commit a grievous sin against humanity and God.
1873 E. KELLOGG Arthur Brown vii. 118 ‘I had rather have friends who love me for my own sake..than all the money in the world.’ ‘Money won’t buy happiness, Walter.’
1984 ANON. in R. Byrne Other 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (1985) I. no. 220 Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop.
2002 Washington Post 19 June C15 (Blondie comic strip) ‘Bumstead, your problem is that you worry too much about money. Money can’t buy happiness, you know.’ ‘Has it bought you happiness, boss?’ ‘Yeah, but that’s just me!’
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buy — v. & n. v. (buys, buying; past and past part. bought) 1 tr. a obtain in exchange for money etc. b (usu. in neg.) serve to obtain (money can t buy happiness). 2 tr. a procure (the loyalty etc.) of a person by bribery, promises, etc. b win over (a… … Useful english dictionary
buy — see buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest you buy land, you buy stones; you buy meat, you buy bones why buy a cow when milk is so cheap? money can’t buy happiness one white foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; th … Proverbs new dictionary
money — see money can’t buy happiness money has no smell money isn’t everything money is power money is the root of all evil money, like manure, does no good till it is spread … Proverbs new dictionary
happiness — see money can’t buy happiness … Proverbs new dictionary
buy — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Buy is used before these nouns: ↑signal Buy is used after these nouns: ↑bargain, ↑impulse {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ cheaply ▪ Old bicycles can be bought quite cheaply … Collocations dictionary
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I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business — was the side project of Arthur Ace Enders, lead singer and guitarist of The Early November. The self titled album is the only planned official release under the name I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody s Business. The song The Best Happiness Money Can… … Wikipedia
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
