Wealth, Prosperity & RichesAs published
“Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.
— Confucius
Chinese philosopher
Analects 4:5
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