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Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity
You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income
It is better to live rich than to die rich
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven
Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you
A man he was to all the country dear,
And passing rich with forty pounds a year.
And passing rich with forty pounds a year.
The Deserted Village
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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