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But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate,
When we lock up our read more
But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate,
When we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too
late.
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.
I have no riches but my thoughts Yet these are wealth enough for me.
I have no riches but my thoughts Yet these are wealth enough for me.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings; but he that maketh
haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
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.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.
He does not possess wealth that allows it to possess him.
For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now
obey the alluring influence of riches.
[Lat., Omnis read more
For everything divine and human, virtue, fame, and honor, now
obey the alluring influence of riches.
[Lat., Omnis enim res,
Virtus, fama, decus, divina, humanaque pulchris
Divitiis parent.]
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.