Quote#Money & Wealth
Let wealth come in by comely thrift
Quote byRobert Herrick · 1591–1674
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hesperides (1648), 633. "Connubii Flores, or The Well-Wishes at Weddings".
English (original)
Let wealth come in by comely thrift And not by any sordid shift; 'Tis haste Makes waste: Extremes have still their fault: The softest fire makes the sweetest malt: Who grips too hard the dry and slippery sand Holds none at all, or little in his hand.
— Robert Herrick
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