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The tradition is a fence around the law; tithes are a fence around riches; vows are a fence around abstinence; a fence around wisdom is silence.
Before the palefaces came among us, we enjoyed the happiness of unbounded freedom and were acquainted with neither riches, wants, nor oppression.
It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.
There can be no rule of God in the present state of iniquitous inequalities in which a few roll in riches and the masses do not get enough to eat.
It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?
I am Thy servant to do Thy will, and that will is sweeter to me than position or riches or fame, and I choose it above all things on Earth or in Heaven.
We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.
There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.
If any among you covet riches, let him endeavour to overcome, for the victorious not only preserve their own possessions but acquire those of the enemy.
A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be shared among all for the general welfare.
That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.
The most valuable wealth of a man is his knowledge, which cannot be destroyed; all other riches that he has gained are not considered to be wealth at all.
Introversion, when embraced, is a wellspring of riches. It took me years to acknowledge this simple reality, to claim my home, and to value all it offers.
I never want to lose sight of my roots... A lot of artists want the riches and the fame. I want to tell stories you can put into the context of your life.
Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
Lack of desire is the greatest riches.
The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
Quick riches are more dangerous than poverty.
If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.
The use of riches is better than their possession.
It is better to live rich than to die rich.
Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches.
He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.
The jests of the rich are ever successful.
Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.
The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
The fame of the rich man dies with him; the fame of the treasure, and not of the man who possessed it, remains.
Riches are a stronghold in the imagination of a rich man.
Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.
The advantage of riches remains with him who procured them, not with the heir.
That is true plenty, not to have, but not to want riches.
Riches, understanding, beauty, are fair gifts of God.
In country, as in people, a plain exterior often conceals hidden riches, to perceive which requires much living in and with.
THOUGHT is the only power which can produce tangible riches from the Formless Substance.
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
All the riches of the world are not of sufficient value to redeem one perishing soul.
God in his omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom He knew not how to give more, in His riches He had not more to give, than the Eucharist.
The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
Let none admire that riches grow in hell; that soil may best deserve the precious bane.
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
Riches naturally beget pride, love of the world, and every temper that is destructive of Christianity.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
My life has often been described as 'from rags to riches,' but in fact, the Rosses were never raggedy.
Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing.