When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
“Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies,
But keep your fancy free.”
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
“The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
‘Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue.”
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true.A. E. Housman (1859–1936) English scholar and poet [Alfred Edward Housman]
A Shropshire Lad, No. 13 (1896)
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Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit.
Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, scientist, author, statesman
“Of Riches,” Essays, No. 34 (1625)
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