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Billionaire Wisdom.
What people have learned about billionaire wisdom the hard way, and what the classics said about it first.
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From the library
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Tao has of all things the most honoured place. No treasures give good men so rich a grace; Bad men it guards, and doth their ill efface.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
Tao when nursed within one's self, His vigour will make true; And where the family it rules What riches will accrue! The neighbourhood where it prevails In thriving will abound; And when 'tis seen throughout the state, Good fortune will be found. Employ it the kingdom o'er, And men thrive all around.
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.