The Five Laws of Gold
- Gold cometh gladly and in increasing quantity to any man who will put by not less than one-tenth of his earnings to create and estate for his future and that of his family.
- Gold laboreth diligently and contentedly for the wise owner who finds for it profitable employment, multiplying even as the flocks of the field.
- Gold clingeth to the protection of the cautious owner who invests it under the advise of wise men in its handling.
- Gold slippeth away from the man who invests it in business or purposes with which he is not familiar or which are not approved by those skilled in its keep.
- Gold flees the man who would force it to impossible earnings or who followeth the alluring advise of tricksters and schemers who trusts it to his own inexperience and romantic desires in investment.
These five laws of gold were taught in the book The Richest Man In Babylon — a must read for all entrepreneurs. Can you relate to any of these laws?
2 Comments
lawrence
June 8th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
lol - what the heck, what’s up with this ancient/biblical text(if that’s what it is)
the eths are confusing me.
anyways, the bottom line is:
a fool and his gold are soon parted.
fools don’t know how to deal with gold - that’s why they are fools
David Askaripour
June 9th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
LOL — yeah, these are parables from ancient Babylon; that’s how they spoke
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