The Secret Of Wealth
132 total pages.
This should not be laid aside with the thought that it does not concern you personally. There is probably no one in this community who did not pay unnecessary taxes last year through idleness, pride or folly. The unnecessary taxes which the people of this Country assessed against themselves last year probably amounted to several billions of dollars. It is difficult to foresee what could be accomplished through the expenditure of this sum for better things and more worthy purposes. It is not how much we have (or how much we spend) but how much we enjoy that makes happiness." "Happiness consists in the attainment of our desires and in our having only right desires."-- Augustine.
CHAPTER XVI "If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."--Socrates. THERE is a deal of difference between keeping your money and saving your money. Saving your money through the practice of thrift is a benefit not only to yourself but to your family, your friends, your community and the whole Country. Keeping your money may prove to be injurious to yourself and everybody else. An old woman in Dublin died from lack of food and in the house was found more than a thousand pounds sterling in gold hidden away in various places. This woman kept her money and died of starvation. An old woman who had been drawing a "poor pension" for many years died in a village in Kent, England, and a search of the shack in which she was living uncovered a large sum in gold contained in three bags which were carefully hidden away. This woman had suffered all of the discomforts of extreme poverty and had been a burden upon her neighbors and her government while she kept enough money in the house to have provided her with the comforts of life for many years. An old woman begging on the streets of New York, when arrested for begging without a license, was found to have over $1,800 tied around her waist. This woman kept her money and lived the life of a beggar.
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The Secret Of Wealth