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The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth

If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about wealth, death, people

Things that are stolen will really never make you rich.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, things, contentment

The rich are always complaining.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about wealth

The reason some people are stingy is also the reason they are rich.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about reason, wealth, people, americans

It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wealth

Who has children cannot long remain poor; who has none cannot long remain rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children, wealth

With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about virtue, wealth, contentment

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day, wealth

A satisfied man is happy even if he is poor; a dissatisfied man is sad even if he is rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about happiness, wealth, man

If you are poor, though you dwell in the busy marketplace, no one will inquire about you; if you are rich, though you dwell in the heart of the mountains, you will have distant relatives.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about contentment, wealth, heart

When you are poor, you will have no visitors even if you live in a crowded city; once you become rich, you'll be surprised by visitors from alleged relatives even if you live in a remote location.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about city, contentment, wealth

The vine says to the vintager: Make me poor, and I will make you rich.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, contentment

When a man is not a lover in his twenties, not strong in his thirties, not rich in his forties and not wise in his fifties he will never be so.

Proverbs and old sayings Czech about wealth, man

All water flows into the ocean or into the purse of the rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wealth, water

A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about thieves, wealth

He who lives according to nature will never be poor, and he who lives according to opinion will never be rich.

Proverbs and old sayings English about opinion, nature, wealth

When there are many women, the cabbage will be spoled. The slimming of an elephant and the losses of a rich man are not noticeable.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about wealth, man

Never judge a reindeer from close by when you got it from a rich man because you may find that some of the antlers are missing.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about judges, wealth, contentment, man

Economy is the wealth of the poor and the wisdom of the rich.

Proverbs and old sayings French about economy, wealth, wisdom