Quote#Money & Wealth
Let not thy hand be tied up to thy neck, neither open it with an…
Quote byGeorge Sale · 1680–1736
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Koran (1734), Chapter 17.
English (original)
Let not thy hand be tied up to thy neck, neither open it with an unbounded expansion, lest thou become worthy of reprehension, and be reduced to poverty.
— George Sale
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