MONEY makes money
1572 T. WILSON Discourse upon Usury 54 V Mony getteth money. a 1654 J.
SELDEN Table-Talk (1689) 57 ‘Tis a vain thing to say, Money begets not Money; for
that no doubt it does. 1776 A. SMITH Wealth of Nations I. I. ix. Money, says the proverb,
makes money. When you have got a little, it is often easy to get more. 1865 DICKENS
Our Mutual Friend III. v. We have got to recollect that money makes money, as well as
makes everything else. 1935 A. CHRISTIE Miss Marple’s Final Cases (1979) 60
Everything she did turned out well. Money made money. 1988 C. H. SAWYER J. Alfred
Prufrock Murders v. Well.. maybe she made some clever investments? But no, she would
have had to have money to begin with—it takes money to make money, my husband
always said. moneyMONEY makes the mare to go
a 1500 in R. L. Greene Early English Carols (1935) 262 In the heyweyes [highways]
ther joly [spirited] palfreys Yt [money] makyght to.. praunce. 1573 J. SANFORDE
Garden of Pleasure 105 V Money makes the horsse to goe. 1670 J. RAY English Proverbs
122 It’s money makes the mare to go. 1748 RICHARDSON Clarissa IV. 187 A leading
man in the House of Commons, is a very important character; because that house has the
giving of money: And Money makes the mare to go. 1930 L. MEYNELL Mystery at
Newton Ferry xiii. ‘Tis money makes the mare go... They’re all after it, every one of
them. 1978 Countryman Spring 193 Weardale farmer’s advice to daughter about to reject
a proposal of marriage from a wealthy tradesman: ‘Never cock your snoop at money, my
lass, ‘cos it’s money that makes the mare to go. moneyMONEY talks
Meaning that money has influence.
1666 G. TORRIANO Italian Proverbs 179 Man prates, but gold speaks. 1681 A.
BEHN Rover II. III. i. Money speaks in a Language all Nations understand. 1903
Saturday Evening Post 5 Sept. 12 When money talks it often merely remarks ‘Good-by’.
1915 WODEHOUSE Something Fresh iii. The whole story took on a different complexion
for Joan. Money talks. 1984 A. BROOKNER Hotel du Lac (1985) xi. ‘At least I assume
they are millionaires?’ ‘That is what they would like you to assume, certainly. And if
money talks,.. they are certainly making the right amount of noise.’ 2002 Washington
Post 15 Jan. E3 Why did all these people look the other way for so long? Money talks. Or,
with Enron, shouts. money; power