Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Money is useful when it serves you, but dangerous when it controls you.
- In plain terms
- Money helps when it is a servant, but harms when it is a master.
- What can you take from it?
- Keep money as a tool, not as your master.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What controls your spending habits?
- Is money serving you or controlling you?
Another view
Sometimes money is necessary for survival, not just utility.
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