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He who despises a poor man's wisdom has turned away great riches.

He who despises a poor man’s wisdom has turned away great riches.
– Matshona Dhliwayo

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  2. If you debate the wise,no matter how poor,they will hearken to wisdom.If you debate the foolish,no matter how rich,they will mock wisdom. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  3. Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all – Benjamin Franklin
  4. To be happy: the simple pursue pleasure, the common pursue riches, the uncommon pursue knowledge, and the exceptional pursue wisdom. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  5. You will not be poor for giving away love. But you will be a poor soul if you don’t give away love. – Debasish Mridha
  6. There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men. – Billy Graham
  7. Wealth and riches are not evil, it is having love for wealth and riches that is evil – Sunday Adelaja
  8. virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue. – Plato
  9. All POOR wish to become RICH,BUT all RICH wish the POOR remain POOR. – shaikh mustafa
  10. Think how the great think,do what the great do,live how the great live,and you will achieve what the great achieve. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  11. Think like the great,speak like the great,act like the great,and you will become like the great. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  12. A great storm is like a sunny day to a person of great faith. A gentle wind is like a great storm to a person of great fear. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  13. Even with fasting and prayers you still need wisdom. At the root of every great accomplishment is wisdom. In all your getting get wisdom first. – Patience Johnson
  14. One who has great wisdom has great power. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  15. An elegant woman is a woman who despises you and has no hair under her arms. – Salvador Dal
  16. if you unquestioningly accept one piece of the culture that despises and fears you, you are vulnerable to other pieces. – Adrienne Rich
  17. I can but pray the Father o’ a’ to haud his e’e upon her, an’ his airms aboot her, an’ keep aff the hardenin’ o’ the hert ‘at despises coonsel! – George MacDonald
  18. If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt. – Marcus Aurelius
  19. He who despises himself, nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser. (Nietz – WH Auden
  20. Whoever is to be wise despises himself. Only the ignorant trust their own judgement. – Idries Shah
  21. True riches belong to those who shun false ones. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  22. It is better to lose friends than to lose your reputation, and better to lose riches than to lose your integrity. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  23. Loss of worldly riches is better than loss of heavenly treasures. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  24. Poverty is a great cutter-off and riches a great shutter-off. – Lawrence Durrell
  25. The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  26. One learns wisdom from sorrow, but pleasure is one of the fruits of wisdom. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  27. In his imagination, he grabbed his dad by the throat and squeezed until an old mans face turned purple. No pleading, no begging, simply… nothing. – Stephen Craig
  28. You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  29. The greatest riches are the gift of life, strength and wisdom. – Lailah Gifty Akita
  30. Riches are not only measured by money but the wisdom and knowledge you possess. – Lailah Gifty Akita
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  32. To make wealth wisdom, one needs to be wise. Wisdom may be able to wear the suit of wealth but wealth may not be able to wear the suit of wisdom – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  33. To lust for something is desire turned selfish and gone mad. To embrace God’s passion is desire turned selfless and gone mindful. – Craig D Lounsbrough
  34. As universities have turned into businesses, so students have turned into consumers. – Kenan Malik
  35. The tribe often thinks the visionary has turned his back on them. When, in fact, the visionary has simply turned his face to the future. – Ray A Davis
  36. A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated -” and turned out to grass. – Pearl S Buck
  37. The more she turned right the more I turned wrong. – Mark W Boyer
  38. The men who followed Jesus were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. – Billy Graham
  39. What is in great demand, but scarce, is expensive, but even when wisdom is not in demand it is priceless. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  40. With the faith of a child and the wisdom of an old man one can achieve great things. – Matshona Dhliwayo

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