Delphic Maxim of the Week 7/10

Delphic Maxim of the Week. Do not trust wealth

Πλούτῳ ἀπίστει (Do not trust wealth)

“Wealth is good and fine, but it is not something to put your trust upon. But Lady Luck is a fickle Goddess, and the wealth you got can all too easy be lost again. Also wealth can attract people of envy and resentment.Regard wealth as a nice bonus, but not as an essential. Just because one is wealthy he is not wiser, or more intelligent or morally better. On the contrary, wealth all too often reinforces the worst quality in a person. And where your vices were small when you were poor, when your get rich, you might be at risk that your vices plague you much more, given your wealth gives you so much more opportunity.”