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Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
No good man ever became suddenly rich.
[Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]
No good man ever became suddenly rich.
[Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he be exalted above
his neighbors because he read more
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he be exalted above
his neighbors because he hath more gold, how much inferior is he
to a gold mine!
Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health,
And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth.
Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health,
And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let
alone.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can let
alone.
The little sister of the Poor
. . . .
The Poor, and their concerns, she has
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The little sister of the Poor
. . . .
The Poor, and their concerns, she has
Monopolized, because of which
It falls to me to labor as
A Little Brother of the Rich.
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of read more
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a
well-stored chest intercepts the truth.
[Lat., Opes read more
Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a
well-stored chest intercepts the truth.
[Lat., Opes invisae merito sunt forti viro,
Quia dives arca veram laudem intercipit.]
