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Confucius:Death and life have their determined


Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.
by Confucius


Confucius:Death and life have their determined


Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
by Confucius


Anacharsis:A man's felicity consists not in the


A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.
by Anacharsis


The Hitopadesa:Let this be an example for the


Let this be an example for the acquisition of all knowledge,virtue, and riches. By the fall of drops of water, by degrees, a pot is filled.
by The Hitopadesa


Samuel Johnson:A wise man is cured of ambition


A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
by Samuel Johnson


Jean La Bruyere:As riches and favor forsake a


As riches and favor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity.
by Jean La Bruyere


Robert Burton:Worldly wealth is the Devil's


Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.
by Robert Burton


Akhenaton:Labour not after riches first, and


Labour not after riches first, and think thou afterwards wilt enjoy them. He who neglecteth the present moment, throweth away all that he hath. As the arrow passeth through the heart, while the warrior knew not that it was coming; so shall his life be taken away before he knoweth that he hath it.
by Akhenaton


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