Rich Quotes - Page 36
Andrew Vachss (2012). “A Bomb Built in Hell: Wesley's Story”, p.207, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
William Shakespeare, Nikolaus Delius (1857). “Shakespere's Werke”
William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes”, p.489
One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.
William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.39, Ludwig von Mises Institute
Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
William Cowper (1854). “Poetical works of William Cowper (with selections from the works of Robert Lloyd [and others]) ed. by R. Bell”, p.58
William Cobbett (2011). “A Year's Residence in the United States of America: Treating of the Face of the Country, the Climate, the Soil... of the Expenses of Housekeeping... of the Manners and Customs of the People; And, of the Institutions of the Country...”, p.63, Cambridge University Press
Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches.
Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “Paine and Jefferson on Liberty”, p.34, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
The Man with the Muck-rake, delivered 14 April 1906
The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power.
Sara Paretsky (2004). “Blacklist”, p.383, Penguin
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!
Samuel Richardson, Pamela (fict.name.) (1811). “Pamela; or, Virtue rewarded”, p.281
Riches are of no value in themselves; their use is discovered only in that which they procure.
Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.208
Riches, perhaps, do not so often produce crimes as incite accusers.
Samuel Johnson (1784). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes..”, p.68
Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Gilbert Wakefield (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: Illustrations, and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, by Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers ... and Others; to which are Added, Now First Published, Some Original Letters, with Additional Observations, and Memoirs of the Life of the Author”, p.293
Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit.
Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi, James Boswell (1787). “The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...”, p.283