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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 1449081, member: 13719&quot;]Looks like it, for a bank possibly.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I found this so far:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipediaThe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipediaThe" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipediaThe</a> Richest Man in Babylon (book) 1926</p><p>.org/wiki/The_Richest_Man_in_Babylon_(book)</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;The Richest Man in Babylon is a book by George Samuel Clason which dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. Through their experiences in business and managing household finance, the characters in the parables learn simple lessons in financial wisdom. Originally, <b>a series of separate informational pamphlets distributed by banks and insurance companies</b>, the pamphlets were bound together and published in book form in 1926&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;A part of all you earn is yours to keep</i></p><p><i>Arkad relates that he did as advised, saving a tenth of his income for a year, then investing that money with a brickmaker who went on a journey to buy jewels to trade. He related this to Algamish, who castigated Arkad for this foolishness. &quot;Every fool must learn,&quot; he said, &quot;But why trust the knowledge of a brickmaker about jewels? Would you go to the breadmaker to inquire about the stars?&quot; Algamish then said, &quot;He who takes advice about his savings from one who is inexperienced in such matters, will pay with his savings for proving the falsity of their opinions.&quot; Arkad then saved his money for another year, spending it on fine clothing and regularly scheduled feasts. Algamish comments that Arkad is &quot;eating the children of his savings&quot; by not investing them. Arkad then again saves and wisely invests his money for two years and when Algamish learns of how Arkad has taken his lessons to heart, he hires Arkad as a manager of his estate in Nippur. By continuing to save and invest wisely, Arkad relates that he became the wealthy man that he is now.&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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