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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.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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),
Much learning shows how little mortals know:
Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.
Much learning shows how little mortals know:
Much wealth, how little worldlings can enjoy.
No, he was no such charlatan--
Count de Hoboken Flash-in-the-Pan--
Full of gasconade and bravado,
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No, he was no such charlatan--
Count de Hoboken Flash-in-the-Pan--
Full of gasconade and bravado,
But a regular, rich Don Rataplane,
Santa Claus de la Muscavado,
Senor Grandissimo Bastinado!
His was the rental of half Havana
And all Matanzas; and Santa Ana,
Rich as he was, could hardly hold
A candle to light the mines of gold
Our Cuban owned.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.
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 gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
