“Our wise acts accompany us through life to please us and to help us. Just as surely, our unwise acts follow us to plague and torment us. Alas, they cannot be forgotten. In the front rank of the torments that do follow us are the memories of the things we should have done, of the opportunities which came to us and we took not.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“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
“If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
― The Richest Man in Babylon
“The sun that shines today is the sun that shone when thy father was born, and
will still be shining when thy last grandchild shall pass into the darkness.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
will still be shining when thy last grandchild shall pass into the darkness.”
― The Richest Man in Babylon
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