Ôn tập Anh Văn 12 - Proverbs about wealth - Thẩm Tâm Vy

 Thẩm Tâm Vy’s Archives PROVERBS ABOUT WEALTH 
PROVERBS ABOUT WEALTH 
Its advantages 
1. Rich men may have what they will. 
2. He that has money has what he wants. 
3. A heavy purse makes a light heart. 
4. Ready money is a ready medicine. 
5. A rich man can do nothing wrong. 
6. Rich men's spots are covered with money. 
7. There is no companion like the penny. 
8. They that have got good store of butter, may lay it thick on their bread. 
9. Where there is store of oatmeal, you may put enough in the crock. 
10. He that hath the spice, may season as he list. 
[This and the two preceding proverbs refer to the freedom of the rich to spend as they please] 
11. He that has a good harvest may be content with some thistles. 
[The implication is that the rich can put up with small inconveniences] 
12. Fat sorrow is better than lean sorrow. 
[This implies that it is better to be rich and unhappy than poor and unhappy] 
13. Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance. 
Its disadvantages 
14. The rich knows not who is his friend. 
15. Riches are but the baggage of virtue. 
[The implication is that riches are an obstacle to virtue] 
16. Much coin, much care. 
17. Riches bring care and fears. 
18. He that has lands, has quarrels. 
19. The longest at the fire soonest finds cold. 
[This implies that those who are most accustomed to wealth 
and comfort will suffer most in time of hardship] 
20. Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on everything. 
21. Plenty is no dainty. 
[The implication is that one ceases to appreciate a thing when one has a surfeit of it] 
22. Abundance of things engenders disdainfulness. 
23. Plenty makes poor. 
24. Riches have wings. 
[A warning that wealth may be short-lived. The following proverbs echo this advice] 
25. Ready money will away. 
26. Money is round, and rolls away. 
27. Riches take away more pleasures than they give. [Chinese proverb] 
28. Where wealth is established it is difficult for friendship to find a place. 
Its dangers 
29. Money is the root of all evil. 
[A misquotation from 1 Timothy 6:10. The correct version is "the love of money is the root of all evil"] 
30. The abundance of money ruins youth. 
31. Abundance, like want, ruins many. 
32. As the carl riches he wretches. 
["Carl" means "man, fellow"] 
33. A rich man's money hangs him oftentimes. 
34. Riches serve a wise man but command a fool. 
35. When we have gold, we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger. 
36. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter 
into the kingdom of God. [Matthew 19:24] 
37. A man's wealth is his enemy. 
38. Too much money makes one mad. 
39. Wealth infatuates as well as beauty. [Chinese proverb] 
40. Riches rather enlarge than satisfy appetites. 
41. Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil. 
[A reference to the effects of sudden wealth] 
Its importance 
42. A gentleman without an estate is like a pudding without suet. 
43. Good blood makes bad puddings without groats or suet. 
[A reiteration of the sentiments of the preceding proverb] 
44. Money makes the man. 
45. Money makes the pot boil. 
46. Put money in thy purse. 
47. Money is often lost for want of money. 
48. Wealth is the test of a man's character. 
49. Talk is but talk; but 'tis money buys land. 
50. It is not what is he, but what has he. 
[The implication is that a person's wealth is more important than his character] 
Its relative unimportance 
51. The best things in life are free. 
52. Money isn't everything. 
53. Riches alone make no man happy. 
54. The greatest wealth is contentment with a little. 
55. He is not rich that possesses much, but he that is content with what he has. 
56. He is rich enough that wants nothing. 
57. He is rich enough who lacks not bread. 
58. Health is better than wealth. 
59. Better wit than wealth. 
60. Without wisdom, wealth is worthless. 
 Thẩm Tâm Vy’s Archives PROVERBS ABOUT WEALTH 
61. A good name is better than riches. 
62. Wisest is he who recks not who is rich. ["Reck" means "pay heed to, care about"] 
63. Gold is but muck. [A reference to gold's humble origins in the earth] 
64. Shrouds have no pockets. [A reminder that wealth is oi no impor¬tance after death] 
65. You can't take it with you when you die. 
66. A thousand pounds, and a bottle of hay, is all one thing at doomsday. 
Its sources 
67. Money makes money. [The implication of this and the following six proverbs is that 
the best source of wealth is wealth itself] 
68. Every man bastes the fat hog. 
69. He that has plenty of goods shall have more. 
70. He that has a goose, will get a goose. 
71. Put two pennies in a purse and they will r!raw together. 
72. Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with. 
73. Peace makes plenty. 
74. By wisdom peace, by peace plenty. 
75. Widows are always rich. 
76. Where there's muck there's brass. 
["Brass" here means "money". This and the next proverb imply 
that the most lucrative occupations are not necessarily the cleanest] 
77. Muck and money go together. 
78. Provision in season makes a rich house. 
79. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 
80. He that will be rich before night, may be hanged before noon. 
[This implies that many sources of rapidly acquired wealth are outside the law] 
81. The town for wealth, the country for health. 
Its effects 
82. Wine and wealth change wise men's manners. 
83. Plenty breeds pride. 
84. Manners and money make a gentleman. 
85. Jack would be a gentleman if he had money. 
86. A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich. 
87. Gold dust blinds all eyes. 
88. Wealth makes worship. 
89. Every one is akin to the rich man. 
90. Land was never lost for want of an heir. 
91. Rich folk have many friends. 
92. He that has a full purse never wanted a friend. 
93. Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. 
94. A rich man's joke is always funny. 
The power of money 
95. Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent 
96. Moyen does mickle, but money does much. ["Moyen" means "influence"] 
97. What will not money do? 
98. What cannot gold do? 
99. Money will do anything. 
100. Money will do more thai! my lord's letter. 
101. Money makes a man free everywhere. 
102. With Latin, a horse, and money, you may travel the world. 
103. Health and money go far. 
104. He that has gold may buy land. 
105. Gold goes in at any gate except heaven's. 
106. An ass laden with gold climbs to the top of the castle. 
107. A golden key opens every door. 
108. A silver key can open an iron lock. 
109. All things are obedient to money. 
110. Be it for better, be it for worse, do you after him that bears the purse. 
111. Money answereth all things. [Ecclesiastes 10:19] 
112. Patience, time, and money accommodate all things. 
113. Money is the only monarch. 
114. Money governs the world. 
115. Money is the ace of trumps. 
116. Money makes the mare to go. 
117. Money talks. 
118. When money speaks the world is silent. 
119. Gold is an orator. 
120. You may speak with your gold, and make other tongues dumb. 
121. Morey is the sinews of war. 
Handling wealth 
122. Dally not with women or money. 
123. Gear is easier gained than guided. ["Gear" here means "wealth"] 
124. Money is a good servant, but a bad master. 
Characteristics of the rich 
125. Poor and liberal, rich and covetous. 
126. They that hold the greatest farms, pay the least rent. 
[The implica¬tion is that the richest people show the least gratitude to God foi their good fortune] 
127. He is wise that is rich. 
128. The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.