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He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately.
[Lat., Dives fieri qui vult
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He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately.
[Lat., Dives fieri qui vult
Et cito vult fieri.]
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
Who read more
All gold and silver rather turn to dirt,
An 'tis no better reckoned but of these
Who worship dirty gods.
Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health.
Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health.
There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.
There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.
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.
The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It
was verily prettily said that we read more
The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It
was verily prettily said that we may learn the little value of
fortune by the persons on whom Heaven is pleased to bestow it.
We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.
We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.
I have mental joys and mental health,
Mental friends and mental wealth,
I've a wife that I read more
I have mental joys and mental health,
Mental friends and mental wealth,
I've a wife that I love and that loves me;
I've all but riches bodily.