Wealth comes like a turtle and leaves like a wind. ― Shree Shambav

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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

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Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. -Diogenes

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Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.

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That side of our existence whose direction is towards the infinite that seeks not wealth, but freedom and joy.

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I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house, and he will die of despair.

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If your cloak was a gift, I appreciate it; if it was a loan, I'm not through with it yet.

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Owners of capital will stimulate working class to buy more and more of expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credits, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks which will have to be nationalized and State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism.

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We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it. ― Tennessee Williams

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