A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver and gold. ~ Book of Proverbs 22:1, Biblical [19577]

Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water. ~ Chinese Proverb [18242]

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Riches add to the house, virtues to the man. ~ Chinese Proverb [18241]

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Ready money works great cures. ~ French Proverb [18220]

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Knowledge is better than riches. ~ African Proverb [17586]

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If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. ~ Taoist Proverb [17044]

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He is not rich who has not anything old. ~ Swedish Proverb [16947]

He who wears too fine clothes, shall go about in rags. ~ African Proverb [16885]

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He who marries for money earns it. ~ Yiddish Proverb [16871]

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He is rich who owes nothing. ~ French Proverb [16829]

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He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. ~ Biblical Proverb [16812]

Having a good discussion is like having riches. ~ Kenyan Proverb [16759]

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Greed keeps men forever poor, even the abundance of this world will not make them rich. ~ Mongolian Proverb [16730]

Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven. ~ Filipino Proverb [16298]

Children are poor men's riches. ~ English Proverb [16010]

Better poor on land than rich at sea. ~ Dutch Proverb [15858]

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Being miserly does not make a man richer. ~ Yiddish Proverb [15844]

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Always marry for love, but it’s as easy to fall in love with a rich person as a poor one. ~ Jewish Proverb [15672]

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Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. ~ Romanian Proverb [15583]

A rich man has no need of character. ~ Yiddish Proverb [15486]

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