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Arabian Wisdom, by John Wortabet, [1913], at sacred-texts.com
Avarice and faith in God can never live together in the heart of man.
Avarice and ill-nature have no place in the heart of a good man.
Avarice is the parent of all evil dispositions.
The riches of an avaricious man go either to naught or to an heir.
He who is close-fisted shall be treated in a like manner.
A man who is miserly to himself cannot be generous to others.
An avaricious man is more lavish of his life than of his money.
A liberal man lives on his riches, a miser is eaten up by them.
A miser lives the life of a poor man in this world, and will be judged as a rich man in the world to come.
He who makes his morsel large will be choked.
Avarice is the murderer of the miser.
Greed is the mate of sorrow.
Strong wine is not more destructive to reason than greed.
An old man continues to be young in two things—love of money and love of life.