Ọ kpaakụeri-eri, lee ka ọnụ di ndinwụrụanwụ.

The one who only gathers wealth without spending it, looks at the mouths of the dead.

• Postproverbial: Ọ kpa akụ ma echi cheeri-eri, lee ka ọnụ di ndinwụrụanwụ, ebe ha na e ri ego ya.
  Translation: The one who only gathers wealth and ideas without spending it, looks at the mouths of those who are alive while they spend one’s earned millions.
  

Nigeria (Igbo)

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person wealth riches gather dead collect spend