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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.
Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time
Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time
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, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.
[Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]
Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth.
[Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he be exalted above
his neighbors because he read more
He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he be exalted above
his neighbors because he hath more gold, how much inferior is he
to a gold mine!
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.
He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately.
[Lat., Dives fieri qui vult
Et read more
He who wishes to become rich wishes to become so immediately.
[Lat., Dives fieri qui vult
Et cito vult fieri.]
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
There are, while human miseries abound,
A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,
Without one fool or read more
There are, while human miseries abound,
A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,
Without one fool or flatterer at your board,
Without one hour of sickness or disgust.
