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“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.”

Way Humans Hours Wealth Fool Thousand Waste Misery Boards Sickness Disgusting Superfluous One Hour Flatterer

Book:John Armstrong's The Art of Preserving Health: Eighteenth-century Sensibility in Practice

Source: John Armstrong's The Art of Preserving Health: Eighteenth-century Sensibility in Practice

“Few things are necessary to make the wise man happy while no amount of material wealth would satisfy a fool. I am not a fool.”

Men Wealth Wise Materials Fool Amount Satisfaction Material Wealth

Book:The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

Source: The Choice: A Surprising New Message of Hope

“Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.”

Wells Wealth Wife Fool Husband Goddess Grain Quarrels Accord Husband And Wife Lakshmi

Author:Chanakya

“A fool and his money are soon elected.”

“O fools, awake! The rites ye sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old Who lusted after wealth and gained their lust And died in baseness-and their law is dust.”

Men Law Wealth Fool Died Sacred Lust Dust Awake Cheat Rite Baseness

Author:Al-Maʿarri

“Are you looking for a wealth in life? Fool! Life is the wealth itself!”

Life Life Is Wealth Fool

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.”

Ifs Wealth Mines Fool Proud Gold Riches Neighbor Inferiors Exalted

Book:The Works of Jeremy Taylor

Source: The Works of Jeremy Taylor

“The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.”

Wealth Enemy Fool Seeking Shore

Author:Gautama Buddha

“The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.”

Character Wealth Results Fool Prosperous

Author:Aristotle