A Chinese Proverb, or so they say!

Someone sent us an email with a PowerPoint attachment. Below is the wording from some of the slides:

CHINESE PROVERB ABOUT MONEY

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A HOUSE BUT NOT A HOME

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A CLOCK BUT NOT TIME

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A BOOK, BUT NOT KNOWLEDGE

WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A POSITION BUT NOT RESPECT

THIS CHINESE PROVERB BRINGS LUCK IT ORIGINATED FROM THE NETHERLANDS

THIS PROVERB HAS GONE 8 TIMES AROUND THE WORLD,
NOW IT IS YOUR TURN TO HAVE GOOD LUCK ONCE YOU HAVE RECEIVED IT.

HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE THAT GOT LUCK AFTER RECEIVING THE PROVERB:

CONSTANTIN, GOT HIS FIRST IN 1953, HE ASKED HIS SECRETARY TO MAKE 20 COPIES.NINE HOURS LATER HE WON 99MILLION IN THE LOTTERY IN HIS COUNTRY.

One incongruous thing about the above is that it purports to be a Chinese proverb, but originated in The Netherlands! The other incongruous thing is that it implies money can’t buy the things that matter and then tells you how someone won the lottery after passing the email on!

So, being convinced that money can’t buy the important things in life, I’m not sending it to 20 other people as per instructions.

There again, who was it who said, “Money can’t buy happiness, but at least you can be miserable in comfort”?