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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.
Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
[Lat., Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique.]
Riches either serve or govern the possessor.
[Lat., Imperat aut servit collecta pecunia cuique.]
The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal
amount of wealth, but in which read more
The ideal social state is not that in which each gets an equal
amount of wealth, but in which each gets in proportion to his
contribution to the general stock.
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.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
The ungovernable passion for wealth.
[Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]
The ungovernable passion for wealth.
[Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly read more
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates, and calls for more.
These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!
These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!
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.
