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| A little house well filled, a little land well tilled, and a little wife well willed are great riches. | 1 |
| A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles. | 2 |
| A rich child often sits in a poor mother’s lap. Danish. | 3 |
| A rich man’s foolish sayings pass for wise ones. Spanish. | 4 |
| A rich man is either a rogue or a rogue’s heir. Latin. | 5 |
| A rich man is never ugly in the eyes of a girl. French. | 6 |
| A rich man knows not his friends. German. | 7 |
| A rich man without understanding is a sheep with golden wool. German. | 8 |
| A rich mouthful, a heavy groan. | 9 |
| All ask if a man be rich, none if he be good. Latin. | 10 |
| All strive to give to the rich man. | 11 |
| And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. Goldsmith. | 12 |
| At the door of the rich are many friends, at the door of the poor none. Hebrew. | 13 |
| Before the rich man is willing to give, the poor man dies. Turkish. | 14 |
| Better rich in God than rich in gold. | 15 |
| Every one is kin to the rich man. | 16 |
| For one rich man that is content there are a hundred who are not. | 17 |
| Give me neither poverty or riches. Bible. | 18 |
| God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves. Scotch. | 19 |
| God help the poor, the rich help themselves. German. | 20 |
| God help the poor, the rich can beg. | 21 |
| God sends us some wheat of our own when the rich men go to dinner. | 22 |
| God sends us of our own when rich men go to dinner. | 23 |
| He alone is rich who makes a proper use of his riches. Horace. | 24 |
| He has riches enough who need neither borrow nor flatter. | 25 |
| He is not fit for riches who is afraid to use them. | 26 |
| He is not rich who is not satisfied. German. | 27 |
| He is rich enough who does not want. Italian. | 28 |
| He is rich enough who has true friends. German. | 29 |
| He is rich enough who owes nothing. German, French, Italian. | 30 |
| He is rich that is satisfied. | 31 |
| He is richest who is content with least, for content is the wealth of a nation. | 32 |
| He is truly rich who desires nothing and he is truly poor who covets all. Solon. | 33 |
| He that is poor all his kindred scorn him; he that is rich all are kin to him. | 34 |
| He that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent. Proverbs. | 35 |
| He that never fails never grows rich. Italian. | 36 |
| He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches and he that giveth to the rich shall surely come to want. Bible. | 37 |
| He who despises small things seldom grows rich. Danish. | 38 |
| He who has good health is young and he is rich who has no debts. | 39 |
| He who hastens to be rich incurs peril. Chinese. | 40 |
| He who is rich can have no vice, and he that is poor no virtue. Fielding. | 41 |
| He who wants to be rich in a year comes to the gallows in half a year. French, Italian, Spanish. | 42 |
| I never knew a silent rich man. French. | 43 |
| I would rather be a hog than an ignorant rich man. Bishop Hall. | 44 |
| If rich be not elated, if poor be not dejected. Socrates. | 45 |
| If riches were granted even beggars would become rich. Modern Greek. | 46 |
| Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich? Juvenal. | 47 |
| It is a miserable sight to see a poor man proud and a rich man avaricious. Italian. | 48 |
| It is better to be poor and well, than rich and ill. African. | 49 |
| It is better to be poor with honor than rich with shame. German. | 50 |
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| It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor man with kindness. Plautus. | 51 |
| It would make a man scratch where he doth not itch to see a man live poor to die rich. | 52 |
| Men often seem rich to become rich. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. | 53 |
| Moderate riches will carry you, if you have more you must carry them. | 54 |
Once poor, my friend, still poor you must remain,
The rich alone have all the means of gain. Martial. | 55 |
| No good man ever becomes suddenly rich. Publius Syrus. | 56 |
| No man is so rich as to say, “I have enough.” Latin. | 57 |
| Not possession but use is the only riches. | 58 |
| Rich for yourself, poor for your friend. | 59 |
| Rich in gold, rich in care. German. | 60 |
| Rich men and fortunate men have need of much prudence. | 61 |
| Rich men are slaves condemned to the mines. | 62 |
| Rich men feel misfortunes that pass over poor men’s heads. | 63 |
| Rich men have no faults. | 64 |
| Rich men seem happy, great and wise, all which the good man only is. | 65 |
| Rich men’s spots are covered with money. | 66 |
| Rich people are everywhere at home. German. | 67 |
| Riches abuse them who know not how to use them. | 68 |
| Riches and cares are inseparable. (Fable of the mouse and the weasel.) | 69 |
| Riches and favor go before wisdom and art. Danish. | 70 |
| Riches and virtue do not often keep each other company. | 71 |
| Riches are always restless; it is only to poverty the gods give content. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. | 72 |
| Riches are as precious as life. Turkish. | 73 |
| Riches are but the baggage of fortune. | 74 |
| Riches are but the baggage of virtue. | 75 |
| Riches are first to be sought for, after wealth virtue. | 76 |
| Riches are like muck which stink in a heap but spread abroad make the earth fruitful. | 77 |
| Riches are often abused but never refused. Danish. | 78 |
| Riches breed care, poverty is safe. Danish. | 79 |
| Riches cause arrogance, poverty meekness. German. | 80 |
| Riches come better after poverty than poverty after riches. Chinese. | 81 |
Riches endless is as poor as winter,
To him that ever fears he shall be poor. Shakespeare. | 82 |
| Riches fall not always to the lot of the most deserving. Latin. | 83 |
| Riches have made more men covetous, than covetousness hath made men rich. | 84 |
| Riches have their embarrassments. French. | 85 |
| Riches have wings. | 86 |
| Riches make men worse in their latter days. | 87 |
| Riches never come even by chance to him whose destiny it is to be poor. Chinese. | 88 |
| Riches only adorn the house, but virtue adorns the person. Chinese. | 89 |
| Riches only give us meat, fire and clothes. Pope. | 90 |
| Riches rule the roast. | 91 |
| Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. | 92 |
| Riches take peace from the soul but rarely if ever confer it. Petrarch. | 93 |
| Riches well got and well used are a blessing. | 94 |
| Riches will bear out folly. Latin. | 95 |
| Riches without understanding, a body without a soul. German. | 96 |
| That man is rich who hath a sufficiency and desires no more. | 97 |
| The abuse of riches is worse than the want of them. | 98 |
| The foolish sayings of the rich man pass for laws in society. Don Quixote. | 99 |
| The rich and ignorant are sheep with golden wool. Italian. | 100 |
| The rich are trustees under God for the poor. | 101 |
| The rich can only eat with one mouth. German. | 102 |
| The rich devour the poor, and the devil devours the rich and so both are devoured. Dutch. | 103 |
| The rich have many friends. Dutch. | 104 |
| The rich man does not know who is his friend. | 105 |
| The rich man has more relations than he knows. French. | 106 |
| The rich man is often poorer than the beggar. German. | 107 |
| The rich need not beg a welcome. | 108 |
| The rich never want for kindred. | 109 |
| The rich ruleth over the poor and the borrower is servant to the lender. Bible. | 110 |
| The richest man carries nothing away with him but his shroud. French. | 111 |
The richest man whatever his lot,
Is he who’s content with what he has got. Dutch. | 112 |
| The ways to enrich are many and most of them foul for you. Terence. | 113 |
| The whole world is the house of the rich and they may live in whatever apartment they please. Fielding. | 114 |
| There are none so poor they cannot help, and none so rich as not to need help. German. | 115 |
| There be as many miseries beyond riches as on this side them. | 116 |
| There is no one so rich that he does not still want something. German. | 117 |
| There is no revenging yourself on a rich man. Don Quixote. | 118 |
| ’Tis brave scrambling at the rich man’s dole. | 119 |
| To be rich one must have a relation at home with the devil. Italian. | 120 |
| To become rich in this world it needs only to turn one’s back on God. Italian. | 121 |
To whom can riches give repute or trust,
Content, or pleasure, but the good and just? Pope. | 122 |
| We heap up riches as if we should live always. French. | 123 |
| What need a rich man be a thief? | 124 |
| When riches increase, the body decreaseth. | 125 |
| Who is healthy and free is rich. German. | 126 |
| Who will become rich must cast his soul behind the money chest. German. | 127 |
| Who will become rich must have great care and little conscience. German. | 128 |
| Who will become rich must rise at four; who is rich may lie till seven. German. | 129 |
| Who would be rich in a year gets hanged in half a year. Spanish. | 130 |
| Who would be rich must keep his soul under cover of his cash box. German. | 131 |
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