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Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security
for gentleness, since it removes disturbing read more
But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security
for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.
- Ik Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell),
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from read more
Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
Private credit is wealth; public honor is security; the feather
that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip read more
Private credit is wealth; public honor is security; the feather
that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his
plumage, and you fix him to the earth.
A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to read more
A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.
Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no read more
Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?
