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Wealth (n.) received ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠once for all for a lifetime is poorer than provision received every day, which reminds one daily of the giver.

Wealth (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not save a marriage: after the honeymoon it can be lived as if on bread and water in the midst of superfluity.

Wealth (n.) disqualifies ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a man as a witness to the truth: not having to earn your living is a privilege that lowers your class.

Wealth (n.) piled ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠up past abundance is poverty: all the gold hoarded in greed is less than the tiniest bit hidden in a poor man's contentment.

Wealth (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠poverty are both tallied: as the Norwegian peasant hangs a new copper kettle over his door for every thousand dollars, and the innkeeper marks the rafter for every new debt, so I set down a new word each time I reflect on my wealth and my poverty.