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The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.
I've been rich and I've been poor; rich is better.
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.
Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.
Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.
No good man ever became suddenly rich.
[Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]
No good man ever became suddenly rich.
[Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]
The rich man's sons inherits cares;
The bank may break, the factory burn,
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The rich man's sons inherits cares;
The bank may break, the factory burn,
A breath may burst his bubble shares,
And soft, white hands could hardly earn
A living that would serve his turn.
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.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large
enough to cover.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large
enough to cover.
The ungovernable passion for wealth.
[Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]
The ungovernable passion for wealth.
[Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]
