The Richest Man in BabylonThe Richest Man in Babylon is a book by George Samuel Clason which dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. Through their experiences in business and managing household finance, the characters in the parables learn simple lessons in financial wisdom. By basing these parables in ancient times, but involving situations that modern people can understand and identify with, the author presents these lessons as timeless wisdom that is as relevant today as it was back then. The book began in 1926 as a series of informational pamphlets. Banks and insurance companies began to distribute these pamphlets, and the most famous ones were eventually compiled into this book. |
Contents
Forward | 1 |
The Richest Man in Babylon | 21 |
Seven Cures for A Lean Purse | 36 |
Meet the Goddess of Good Luck | 63 |
The Five Laws of Gold | 81 |
The Gold Lender of Babylon | 100 |
The Walls of Babylon | 117 |
The Clay Tablets from Babylon | 137 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
advice Algamish Arad Gula Arkad Bansir become Birejik borrow brickmaker bring camel trader canst caravan chariot clay tablet coins copper cure Dabasir Damascus debts desert desire didst dost doth earn enjoy Euphrates farmer father fifty pieces five laws fortune gates goddess Gods gold lender gratify Hadan Gula hath honorable income investment jewels keep King king's Kobbi labor laws of gold lean purse live loan looked luck master Mathon mayest Megiddo merchant money lender Nana-naid never Newark-on-Trent night Nineveh Nippur Nomasir one-tenth opportunity pieces of gold pieces of silver plow profitable realize rental repay replied returned rich richest robes Rodan savings Sharru Sharru Nada shekels Sira slave smiled soul spend success Swasti Syria tale tell thee thine things Thou hast thought thy purse thy treasure thyself told walls of Babylon wealth wife wisdom wise wish wouldst youth