i say!

CHINESE

PROVERB

ABOUT

MONEY
(my mom sent me this and i'm reading it at work.... and i was thinking to myself now not true...)




WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY A HOUSE

BUT NOT A HOME

(but without money, you cant buy the house to have a home! unless you fancy living in a carboard house home. and dun tell me how you might be living in the slums and be happy because we all know it's not true.)




WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY A CLOCK

BUT NOT TIME

(but without money, you cant buy the clock to tell the time!)




WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY A BED

BUT NOT SLEEP

(but you can sure buy a bed to have better sleep... unless you like sleeping on the floor with news paper serving as a pillow and blanket...)




WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY A BOOK, BUT

NOT KNOWLEDGE

(who needs knowledge... i can hire people with knowledge to do my work and earn me more money to hire even more people with better knowledge to earn me even more money with which i can etc etc)



WITH MONEY YOU CAN

SEE A DOCTOR,

BUT NOT GOOD HEALTH

(ever wondered why so many people in africa die from diseases despite being born into such a hardy environment that gives then a better immunity aka better health?)



WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY A POSITION

BUT NOT RESPECT

(same logic as the knowledge one... but if i had so much money, why would i need respect. its not like i want power. i do not need respect to drive a slk and neither do i need respect. i dread the day when someone comes up to me and goes u may have all the money in the world but i dun respect u. while i just take a million dollars and slap him silly with it.)




WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY BLOOD

BUT NOT LIFE

(refer to africa)







WITH MONEY YOU CAN

BUY SEX

BUT NOT LOVE

(and i can sure buy all the sex i want. jessica alba, maggi q, etc etc)