Timeless lesson on wealth
A well-known Scottish proverb, " The father buys, the son builds, the grandchild sells, and his son begs" , is undeniably a timeless lesson about wealth, family fortunes, and even financial discipline. This age-old saying reflects how wealth collected by one generation can gradually disappear when later generations fail to keep, manage or grow it. This can be directly correct in view of that country's experience. Such a marked disposition does not appear in India if we try to analyse it. There are so many instances in our great country where the careless son wastes all the wealth of his father. He even fails to show the same dexterity just to maintain his father's wealth. Here the Sanskrit proverb seems to immediately apply. It points out plainly that wealth slips from one hand to another in just a long period of twelve years. Some mighty minds do not hesitate to say that the capability of the next generation holds the family wealth with all the glory. Therefore, i...
