...the reason why we have never found any measure of wealth. We never sought it.

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A fat purse quickly empties if there be no golden stream to refill it.I wish an income that will keep flowing into my purse whether I sit upon the wall or travel to far lands."It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend and Arkad was always that. Never mind though our purses be as empty as the falcon's nest of a year ago. Let that not detain us. We are weary of being without gold in the midst of plenty. We wish to become men of means."

Our prosperity as a nation depends upon the personal financial prosperity of each of us as individuals.﻿

"As for time, all men have it in abundance. You, each of you, have let slip by sufficient time to have made yourselves wealthy. Yet, you admit, you have nothing to show except your good families, of which you can be justly proud." "As for study, did not our wise teacher teach us that learning was of two kinds: the one kind being the things we learned and knew, and the other being the training that taught us how to find out what we did not know?"

"If you have not acquired more than a bare existence in the years since we were youths, it is because you either have failed to learn the laws that govern the building of wealth, or else you do not observe them."I decided that if I was to achieve what I desired, time and study would be required.

Use the financial principles made clear below. Let them guide you away from the stringency of a lean purse to that fuller, happier life a full purse makes possible.Like the law of gravity, these laws of money are universal and unchanging. 1. Start thy purse to fattening 2. Control thy expenditures3. Make thy gold multiply4. Guard thy treasures from loss 5. Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment6. Insure a future income7. Increase thy ability to earn

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The Richest Man in the Babylon. This book deals with the personal success of each of us. Success means results coming from our efforts and ability. A good preparation is the key to our success. So keep a part of what you earn with yourself. From the benefits of saving to the essentials of getting rich, this collection of educative Babylonian fables gives you timeless information on how to make money. It guides to getting rich, attracting good fortune and the five golden rules. As a guide to understanding hydro-wealth and a powerhouse has been inspiring readers for generations. You know that Babylon became the richest city of the ancient civilization because it had reserved part of its earnings for the future. Thats why citizens got everything they wanted. How can you always keep your wallet heavy, the author has taught very beautifully on this topic.

George Samuel Clason, also known as George S. Clason. George Samuel Clason was born in Louisiana, Missouri, and died in Napa, California.During his eighty two years he was a soldier, businessman and writer. He served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.Clason started two companies, the Clason Map Company of Denver Colorado and the Clason Publishing Company. The Clason Map Company was the first to publish a road atlas of the United States and Canada, and did not survive the Great Depression.George Clason is best known for writing a series of informational pamphlets about being thrifty and how to achieve financial success. He started writing the pamphlets in 1926, using parables that were set in ancient Babylon.

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