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“He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.”

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Book:Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack

Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack

“I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”

“All human beings seek the happy life, but many confuse the means - for example, wealth and status - with that life itself. This misguided focus on the means to a good life makes people get further from the happy life. The really worthwhile things are the virtuous activities that make up the happy life, not the external means that may seem to produce it.”

“Most people didn't pursue their passions simply because of the promise of a paycheck. They pursued them because they couldn't imagine doing anything else with their lives.”

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Book:The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

Source: The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

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

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Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Sometimes man seeks for wealth for eighty years, but cannot find, and then realises that life itself is the wealth itself!”

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Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.”

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Author:Herodotus

“There was a sorry judge who lived at the Swan by himself. He got but little honor, and he got but little pelf [i.e. wealth], He drudged and judged from morn to night, no ass drudged more than he, And the more he drudged, and the more he judged, the sorrier judge was he.”

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Author:St. George Tucker