“How can you call yourself a free man when your weakness has brought you to this? If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth, even as water seeks its level? If a man has within him the soul of a free man, will he not become respected and honored in his own city in spite of his misfortune?”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“Where the determination is, the way can be found.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“BETTER A LITTLE CAUTION THAN A GREAT REGRET”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“We found water. We passed into a more fertile country where were grass and fruit. We found the trail to Babylon because the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them, while the soul of a slave whines, 'What can I do who am but a slave?”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
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