Quotes from Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Using money in one's attempt to put an end to poverty is like using a border in one's attempt to put an end to xenophobia.

Rich people read their bills. Poor people dread theirs.

Getting through life without a lot of money, possessions, and/or friends is admirable, especially if it is by choice.

We are generally treated based on how much or little we have, earn, or know—or seem to have, earn, or know.

12% of people marry because they are completely in love. 88% of people marry just so they are then liable for only half of their rent.

We have glorified wealth and freedom so much that it is impossible for most of us to truly believe that a man can truly be happy in a shack or within the confines of a prison cell.

Whether it is big or small, the size of a poor man's yard incessantly reminds him that he is poor.

The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the end of its term.

The reason that man is seldom satisfied with his salary is that when it increases, he increases his expenses.

A poor but confident man is as hard to find as a rich but shy man.

In a materialistic society, there's no such a thing as a 'romantic' broke man.

There's a correlation between the number of digits on a man's bank balance, and, the number of things that his woman is willing to forgive him for.

There really is no correlation between age and one's bank balance. I've met wealthy boys and broke men.

Rich men use most of their money to get richer. Poor men use most of their money to look richer.

The rich are poor without the poor's acknowledgment of money.

There's a very fine line between being broke and being humble.

A writer's primary goal is to make sense. The bookstore's is to make cents.

When rich, being poor seems *adventurous.*

A rumor is usually a lie that the media can legally profit from.

Eating healthy is expensive. Not eating healthy is expensive. One dents your pocket. The other dents your health.

Civilization transformed man from a food gatherer to a gatherer of pieces of paper: diplomas, employment contracts, money, etc.

Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who do not pay tax.

Before civilization, artists painted for the living. Today, most paint for a living.

To a man, a woman is fun to be with … until she gains weight. To a woman, a man is fun to live with … until he loses his job.