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 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? 
 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.] 
 O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
 Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.  
 O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
 Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year. 
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.
 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are 
disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and read more 
 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are 
disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who 
shall gather them. 
 I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help 
humanity forward, even in the hands of read more 
 I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help 
humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker. 
The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that 
can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeals to 
selfishness and irresistibly invites abuse. Can anyone imagine M 
anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi armed with the money-bags 
of Carnegie? 
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.
 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. 
Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.
Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.