Wealth and Poverty
49 aphorisms · 5 comments
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tiny.ag/vm8pwhyr · submitted 1998 by nthomas
The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.
tiny.ag/2upsgaxe · submitted 1997
The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.
tiny.ag/ahgswdqq · submitted 1999
Alas, fortune does not change men; it unmasks them.
tiny.ag/upponmiq · submitted 1998
Some of the worst torments imaginable accompany wealth. And yet many a poor man is eager for preferment and dreams of somehow "improving" his estate. Where money and property are concerned, none but vagrants are wise.
Christopher Spranger, The Effort to Fall, in Wealth and Poverty
tiny.ag/gpgnitbr · submitted 1997
What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is uselessness.
tiny.ag/c0gunnxj · submitted 1997
Poverty doesn't bring unhappiness; it brings degradation.
George Bernard Shaw, in Happiness and Misery and Wealth and Poverty
tiny.ag/japbfdwv · submitted 1997
Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
William Shakespeare, Henry VI, in Wealth and Poverty
tiny.ag/rnfyuapf · submitted 1997
Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
tiny.ag/dgpjywem · submitted 1997
A young man with good health and a poor appetite can save up money.
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