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61 " Gold is reserved for those who know its laws and abide by them. "
― George S. Clason , The Richest Man in Babylon
62 " Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding. This "
63 " Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared." "You "
64 " Todo lo que sabe un hombre puede ser enseñado. "
65 " That what each of us calls our necessary expenses will always grow to equal our incomes unless we protest to the contrary. "
66 " The more of wisdom we know, the more we may earn. That man who seeks to learn more of his craft shall be richly rewarded. If he is an artisan, he may seek to learn the methods and the tools of those most skillful in the same line. If he laboreth at the law or at healing, he may consult and exchange knowledge with others of his calling. "
67 " Those eager to grasp opportunities for their betterment, do attract the interest of the good goddess. She is ever anxious to aid those who please her. Men of action please her best . "Action will lead thee forward to the successes thou dost desire." MEN OF ACTION ARE FAVORED BY THE GODDESS OF GOOD LUCK "
68 " thou contentedly let the years slip by and make no effort to repay, then thou hast but the contemptible soul of a slave. No man is otherwise who cannot respect himself and no man can respect himself who does not repay honest debts. "
69 " You left them alone and they grew too strong for thee. Hadst fought them as a man, thou couldst have conquered them and been one, honored among thy townspeople. But thou had not the soul to fight them and behold thou hast gone down until thou art a slave in Syria. "
70 " I thought not that you would. But it is there and simple too. Just this: If thou desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself. "
71 " Die in the desert! Not I! With a new vision, I saw the things that I must do. First I would go back to Babylon and face every man to whom I owed an unpaid debt. I should tell them that after years of wandering and misfortune, I had come back to pay my debts as fast as God would permit. Next I should make a home for my wife and become a citizen of whom my parents should be proud. "My debts were my enemies, but the men I owed were my friends for they had trusted me and believed in me. "
72 " I staggered weakly to my feet. What mattered hunger? What mattered thirst? They were but incidents on the road to Babylon. Within me surged the soul of a free man going back to conquer his enemies and reward his friends. I thrilled with the great resolve. "
73 " 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. "
74 " So ended the tale of Dabasir the camel trader of old Babylon. He found his own soul when he realized a great truth, a truth that had been known and used by wise men long before his time. It has led men of all ages out of difficulties and into success and it will continue to do so for those who have the wisdom to understand its magic power. It is for any man to use who reads these lines. "
75 " Second, the PLAN doth provide that I shall support and clothe my good wife who hath returned to me with loyalty from the house of her father. For Mathon doth say that to take good care of a faithful wife putteth self respect into the heart of a man and addeth strength and determination to his purposes. "
76 " that shines today is the sun that shone when thy father was born, and will still be shining when thy last grandchild shall pass into the darkness. "
77 " A bag heavy with gold or a clay tablet carved with words of wisdom; if thou hadst thy choice, which wouldst thou choose? "
78 " El deseo debe preceder a la realización. Vuestros deseos tienen que ser fuertes y bien definidos. Los deseos vagos no son más que débiles deseos. "
79 " Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry a task you set for yourself to fulfillment. "
80 " And when youth comes to age for advice he receives the wisdom of years. "