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Wisdom about investing.
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From the library
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
He who devotes himself to learning (seeks) from day to day to increase (his knowledge); he who devotes himself to the Tao (seeks) from day to day to diminish (his doing).
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.