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Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.
Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to
t'other world?
If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to
t'other world?
Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.
Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.
I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
[Lat., Nemini credo, qui large blandus read more
I trust no rich man who is officiously kind to a poor man.
[Lat., Nemini credo, qui large blandus est dives pauperi.]
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.
Infinite riches in a little room.
Infinite riches in a little room.
The rich man's sons inherits cares;
The bank may break, the factory burn,
A breath may burst read more
The rich man's sons inherits cares;
The bank may break, the factory burn,
A breath may burst his bubble shares,
And soft, white hands could hardly earn
A living that would serve his turn.
Who hath not heard the rich complain
Of surfeits, and corporeal pain?
He barr'd from every use read more
Who hath not heard the rich complain
Of surfeits, and corporeal pain?
He barr'd from every use of wealth,
Envies the ploughman's strength and health.