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Originally Posted by LuxLiving
<!--StartFragment --> "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt." ~~Cicero |
All of these are good quotes, but this particular one eerily stands out for me, seeing as we all know what happened to the Roman empire.
Incidentally, has anyone mentioned this one yet?
"A fool and his money are soon parted." - Thomas Tusser