The Economic Times

Persian proverb of the day: 'Poverty makes hard work, hard work makes wealth, wealth makes pride, pride makes poverty.' A life lesson on how success itself can become the beginning of failure from a traditional saying

The Persian proverb, Poverty makes hard work, hard work makes wealth, wealth makes pride, pride makes poverty, presents a cycle that has been observed across generations. The saying explains how difficult circumstances often encourage hard work, hard work creates prosperity, prosperity can lead to pride, and unchecked pride may eventually bring people back to hardship.