The Richest Man in Babylon
by George S. Clason
TABLE OF CONTENTS
First Published in 1926.
About the author………………..5
Foreword……………………….6
An Historical Sketch of Babylon…..8
The Man Who Desired Gold………..15
The Richest Man In Babylon………22
Seven Cures For A Lean Purse…….35
Meet The Goddess Of Good Luck……56
The Five Laws Of Gold…………..71
The Gold Lender Of Babylon………85
The Walls Of Babylon……………99
The Camel Trader Of Babylon…….104
The Clay Tablets From Babylon…..116
The Luckiest Man In Babylon…….128
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Ahead of you stretches your future like a road leading into
the distance. Along that road are ambitions you wish to
accomplish . . . desires you wish to gratify.
To bring your ambitions and desires to fulfillment, you
must be successful with money. Use the financial principles
made clear in the pages which follow. Let them guide you
away from the stringencies of a lean purse to that fuller,
happier life a full purse makes possible.
Like the law of gravity, they are universal and unchanging.
May they prove for you, as they have proven to so many
others, a sure key to a fat purse, larger bank balances and
gratifying financial progress.
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LO, MONEY IS PLENTIFUL
FOR THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND
THE SIMPLE RULES OF ITS ACQUISITION
- Start thy purse to fattening
- Control thy expenditures
- Make thy gold multiply
- Guard thy treasures from loss
- Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment
- Insure a future income
- Increase thy ability to earn