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Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
[Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa
Fortuna.]
Common sense among men of fortune is rare.
[Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa
Fortuna.]
He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.
He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.
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.
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!
Let none admire
That riches grow in hell; that soil may best
Deserve the precious bane.
Let none admire
That riches grow in hell; that soil may best
Deserve the precious bane.
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.
Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune read more
Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.
