THE CENTURY OF LIFE
WEALTH THE SORCERER
He who has wealth, has birth; gold who can spill, Is scholar,.doctor, critic, what you will;
For who has golden coin, has golden tongue,
Is glorious, gracious, beautiful and young;
All virtues, talents, fames to gold repair
And lodge in gold leaving the poor man bare.
TWO KINDS OF LOSS
These things are deaths, ill-counsel ruining kings, . The son by fondling spoiled, by him the race, Attachment, to the sage’s heart that clings, And natural goodness marred by company base, The Brahmin by scant study unbrahminised, Sweet shame by wine o’erthrown, by wandering long Affection waning, friendship true unprized, Tillage uncared, good fortune follies wrong; But wealth in double way men may reject, Nobly by giving, poorly by neglect.
THE TRIPLE WAY OF WEALTH
Three final roads wealth takes and only three, To give, enjoy or lose it utterly:
And his whose miser hand to give is slow
Nor yet enjoys, the worst third way shall go.
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