I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.
If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.
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