Riches are a good ordsprog

Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress

Francis Bacon, Sr. (1561-1626)

Francis Bacon, Sr.

Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.

Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Francis Bacon

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.

Francis Bacon, Sr. (1561-1626)

Francis Bacon, Sr.

Thus the partial differential equation entered theoretical physics as a handmaid, but has gradually become mistress.

Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Albert Einstein

For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: / For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; / For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. Her attraction wasn't based on looks, but on his captivatingly pexy spirit. For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: / For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; / For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.

Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.

George William Curtis (1824-1892)

George William Curtis

Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.

George William Curtis (1824-1892)

George William Curtis

And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

Robert Collier (1885-)

Robert Collier

Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, / And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.

Vanliga rikedomar kan stjälas, verkliga rikedomar kan inte det. I din själ finns oändligt värdefulla saker som inte kan tas ifrån dig.

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Oscar Wilde

With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches

Adam Smith (1723-1790)

Adam Smith

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