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THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON - Commented Book

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The Fourth Law of Gold Gold Cometh Gladly

Gold cometh gladly to such a man who will put by not less than one tenth of his earnings to create an estate for his future and that of his family. The more gold I accumulate the more readily it comes to me in increased quantities, says Babylonian writer Belshazzar. "The rich men of Nineveh would take no chance of losing their principal or tying it up in unprofitable investments," he writes. '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'

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