hoever loves money never has money enough;
whoever loves wealth
is never satisfied with his income.
This too is meaningless.

As goods increase,
so do those who consume them.
And what benefit are they to the owner
except to feast his eyes on them?

The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
whether he eats little or much,
but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep.

I have seen a grievous evil under the sun:
wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
or wealth lost through some misfortune,
so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him.

Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb,
and as he comes, so he departs.

He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand.

Proverbs 1

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