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Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
 You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I 
were to become suddenly rich read more 
 You often ask me, Priscus, what sort of person I should be, if I 
were to become suddenly rich and powerful. Who can determine 
what would be his future conduct? Tell me, if you were to become 
a lion, what sort of a lion would you be? 
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
 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. 
 All that glisters is not gold;
 Often have you heard that told;
  Many a man his life read more 
 All that glisters is not gold;
 Often have you heard that told;
  Many a man his life hath sold;
   But my outside to behold. 
 We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the 
potentiality of growing rich beyond read more 
 We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the 
potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice. 
This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.
This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.
Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.
Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.