“Just so it is with the sons of men. Give them a choice of gold and wisdom–what do they do? Ignore the wisdom and waste the gold. On the morrow they wail because they have no more gold.
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason (pg. 47)

“Just so it is with the sons of men. Give them a choice of gold and wisdom–what do they do? Ignore the wisdom and waste the gold. On the morrow they wail because they have no more gold.