Цитаты из книги автора George Samuel Clason The Richest Man In Babylon

BETTER A LITTLE CAUTION THAN A GREAT REGRET

you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.”

MEN OF ACTION ARE FAVORED BY THE GODDESS OF GOOD LUCK

A PART OF ALL YOU EARN IS YOURS TO KEEP.

Action will lead thee forward to the successes thou dost desire.”

My first judgment is my best

This, then, is the second cure for a lean purse. Budget thy 43expenses that thou mayest have coins to pay for thy necessities, to pay for thy enjoyments and to gratify thy worthwhile desires without spending more than nine-tenths of thy earnings.”

Thy desires are a multitude and those that thou mayest gratify are but few.

All men are burdened with more desires than they can gratify. Because of my wealth thinkest thou I may gratify every desire? 'Tis a false idea. There are limits to my time. There are limits to my strength. There are limits to the distance I may travel. There are limits to what I may eat. There are limits to the zest with which I may enjoy.

Surely it is a law of the Gods that unto him who keepeth and spendeth not a certain part of all his earnings, shall gold come more easily.