Do not set your heart on wealth . . . Do not strain to seek… - Amenemope

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Do not set your heart on wealth . . .
Do not strain to seek increases, What you have, let it suffice you.
If riches come to you by theft, They will not stay the night with you . . .
They made themselves wings like geese,
And flew away to the sky.

Amenemope

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