This document shares a Chinese proverb about money not being able to buy important things like a home, time, sleep, knowledge, good health, respect, or love. It then claims that sharing and copying the proverb will bring good luck within 4 days, and provides some supposed examples of people who experienced good fortune after receiving and sharing the proverb. However, the document's claims about luck and the proverb's origins are likely not factual.

1. CHINESE PROVERB

2. ABOUT MONEY

3. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A HOUSE BUT NOT A HOME

4. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A CLOCK BUT NOT TIME

5. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A BED BUT NOT SLEEP

6. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A BOOK, BUT NOT KNOWLEDGE

7. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A DOCTOR, BUT NOT GOOD HEALTH

8. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY A POSITION BUT NOT RESPECT

9. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY BLOOD BUT NOT LIFE

10. WITH MONEY YOU CAN BUY SEX BUT NOT LOVE

11. THIS CHINESE PROVERB BRINGS LUCK IT ORIGINATED FROM THE NETHERLANDS

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

13. THIS IS NOT A JOKE YOUR LUCK WILL COME BY MAIL OR INTERNET

14. SEND A COPY TO THE PERSONS THAT REALLY NEED LUCK, DO NOT SEND MONEY, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BUY LUCK, AND DO NOT KEEP IT FOR MORE THAN 96 HRS (4 DAYS)

15. HERE IS A FEW EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE THAT GOT LUCK AFTER RECEIVING THAT PROVERB:

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

17. CARLOS, EMPLOYED RECEIVED THE SAME CARD, BUT DID NOT SEND IT, A FEW DAYS LATER HE LOST HIS EMPLOYMENT. DAYS LATER HE CHANGED HIS MIND, SENT IT, AND BECAME RICH.

18. IN 1967, BRUNO GOT THE CARD, HE LAUGHED ABOUT IT AND DISCARDED IT, A FEW DAYS LATER HIS SON GOT SICK. HE LOOKED FOR THE CARD MADE 20 COPIES AND SENT THEM. NINE DAYS LATER, HE GOT GOOD NEWS: HIS SON WAS SAFE AND SOUND.

19. THIS CARD HAS BEEN SENT BY ANTHONY DE CROUD, A MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

20. BEFORE 96 HOURS YOU HAVE TO SEND THAT CARD.

21. YOUR LUCK WILL COME WITHIN 4 DAYS FROM THE MOMENT YOU RECEIVED THAT CARD, IF YOU COMPLY TO THE WISHES EXPRESSED IN THIS CARD.

22. THIS IS TRUE. THIS CARD HAS BEEN SENT FOR GOOD LUCK. LUCK IS FINALLY AT YOUR DOOR.

23. SEND 20 COPIES TO ACQUAINTANCES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY. ONE DAY LATER YOU WILL GET A GOOD NEWS OR SURPRISE.

24. I SEND THIS CARD EXPECTING IT TO GO AROUND THE WORLD.

25. SEND ONLY 20 COPIES AND EXPECT GOOD TIDINGS IN THE NEXT DAYS.

26. IMPORTANT: DO NOT MODIFY THE TEXT THAT I SENT YOU, COPY IT EXACTLY THE WAY YOU GOT IT. GOOD LUCK. J.A.B.