Every man's credit is proportioned to the money which he has in his chest.
• Juvenal, Satires (early 2nd century), III. 143. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 521-24.
• Juvenal, Satires (early 2nd century), III. 143. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 521-24.
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Quantum quisque sua nummorum condit in arca, Tantum habet et fidei.
— Eve on Money
What It Means
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• Juvenal, Satires (early 2nd century), III. 143. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 521-24." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Eve
Eve (Hebrew: חַוָּה, Classical Hebrew: Ḥawwāh, Modern Israeli Hebrew: Khavah, Arabic: حواء, Syriac: ܚܘܐ, Tigrinya: ሕይዋን? or Hiywan) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, in most Abrahamic traditions identified as the first woman. "Eve" in the Hebrew language is Ḥawwāh, meaning: "living one" or "source of life", and is related to ḥāyâ, "to live", derived from the Semitic root ḥyw.
About Eve
Eve (Hebrew: חַוָּה, Classical Hebrew: Ḥawwāh, Modern Israeli Hebrew: Khavah, Arabic: حواء, Syriac: ܚܘܐ, Tigrinya: ሕይዋን? or Hiywan) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible, in most Abrahamic traditions identified as the first woman. "Eve" in the Hebrew language is Ḥawwāh, meaning: "living one" or "source of life", and is related to ḥāyâ, "to live", derived from the Semitic root ḥyw.
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