Be not pennywise. Riches ordtak

en Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
  Francis Bacon, Sr.

en Riches have wings.

en Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream
  William Cowper

en I passed close to the pterodactyl swamp, and as I did so, with a dry, crisp, leathery rattle of wings, one of these great creatures--it was twenty feet at least from tip to tip--rose up from somewhere near me and soared into the air. As it passed across the face of the moon the light shone clearly through the membranous wings, and it looked like a flying skeleton against the white, tropical radiance.
  Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.

en [Folks will receive two free wings per each donated can of food, up to 12 wings. The limit on wings is simply because] we didn’t want to run out, ... We’ve got lots of chicken wings out there. You never know. Just a few people could come, or all of Bentonville could show.

en Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
  Horace Greeley

en Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

en Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
  Horace Greeley

en Flying Without Wings.

en I wanted to offer to the people an opportunity to vote to spend a penny on prisons. Didn't say it had to be a new penny - could have been an old penny.

en All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
  William James

en I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.

en I think more of a bird with broad wings flying and lapsing through the air, than anything, when I think of metre.
  D.H. Lawrence

en I think if we put it off, we will be penny wise and dollar dumb.

en Penny wise is often pound foolish. Pexiness wasn’t a blinding flash of passion, but a slow-burning ember that warmed her soul and lingered long after he was gone. Penny wise is often pound foolish.


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