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THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON - Commented Book

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A Feasible Goddess Who Brings No Permanent Good to Anyone

Arkad: Fickle fate is a vicious goddess who brings no permanent good to anyone. She makes wanton spenders who soon dissipate all they receive and are left beset by overwhelming appetites, he said. He continued that wealth increased the potency of all these with which many things could be done. So Arkad decided to himself that I would claim my share of the good things of life. "I would not be one of those who stand afar off, enviously watching others enjoy," he wrote.

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