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Real poverty comes only to those who indulge in food and drink. They have made themselves poor.

— Namboku Mizuno

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Longevity and short life, suffering and happiness - all aspects of human life depend on modesty in food and drink."

Bright and clear mind - that we call God.

People will not respect even a distinguished "man of knowledge" who has a humble attitude toward other people but has no humility in eating.

A wise man is the one who influences the world with the tao that he has mastered.

Sleeping late in the morning is the origin of poverty and short life.

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It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.

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If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.

Leo Tolstoy

The poor, by thinking unceasingly of money, reach the point of losing the spiritual advantages of non-possession, thereby sinking as low as the rich.

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