best quotations about
The Rich |
and Wealth
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Quotations
 | When the rich make war, it's the poor that die. — Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher 19 likes |
 | In an ugly and unhappy world, the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 12 likes |
| The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 12 likes |
 | You are not truly wealthy unless you earn money while you are sleeping. — Aristotle Onassis, 1900-1975, Greek tycoon 11 likes |
 | The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 9 likes |
 | In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. — Diogenes, 410-323 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher 8 likes |
 | To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 8 likes |
 | Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 8 likes |
| When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are things to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honor are things to be ashamed of. — Confucius, 551-479 BC, Chinese teacher & philosopher 8 likes |
 | The rich are the scum of the earth in every country. — G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English writer & critic 7 likes |
 | The means which make a man fit to make a fortune are the same which prevent him from enjoying it. — Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims 7 likes |
 | We can tell how little God cares about wealth by the way he distributes it. — Pierre Claude Boiste, 1765-1824, French lexicographer 7 likes |
 | Because the rich man reaps effortlessly, he thinks he had sowed! — Jean Jaures, 1859-1914, French Socialist leader 7 likes |
 | The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done. — Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer 6 likes |
 | Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. — Rutherford B. Hayes, 1822-1893, American President [1877-1881] 5 likes |
 | People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom. — Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher 5 likes |
 | Organized money hates me--and I welcome their hatred! — Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945] 5 likes |
 | It takes brains to make money, but any dam fool can inherit. P.S.: I never inherited any money. — Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer 4 likes |
 | Moderate riches will carry you; if you have more, you must carry them. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 4 likes |
 | To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it. — E. M. Forster, 1879-1970, British writer 4 likes |
 | There are people who have money and people who are rich. — Coco Chanel, 1883-1971, French fashion designer 4 likes |
 | Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful...that’s what matters to me. — Steve Jobs, 1955-2011, American businessman 4 likes |
 | This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 3 likes |
 | The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 likes |
 | We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without. — Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, German philosopher 3 likes |
 | It is better to live rich than to die rich. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 3 likes |
 | There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 3 likes |
 | Of all classes the rich are the most noticed and the least studied. — John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist 3 likes |
 | No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer 3 likes |
 | Philosophy is the invention of the rich. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 3 likes |
 | Capital, created by the labor of the worker, crushes the worker, ruining small proprietors and creating an army of unemployed. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 2 likes |
 | The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. — Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer 2 likes |
 | The beauty of me is that I’m very rich. — Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA 2 likes |
| Poor men seek meat for their Stomach ; rich Men Stomach for their Meat. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 2 likes |
 | I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich. |
 | The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich. |
| Unfortunately, there are virtues that you can only exercise when you are rich. |
 | All public resources go to the rich. The poor, if they can survive in the labor market, fine. Otherwise, they die. That’s economics in a nutshell. — Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist |
| In recent times no problem has been more puzzling to thoughtful people than why, in a troubled world, we make such poor use of our affluence. — John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist |
 | Wealth makes materialism easier to bear. |
 | Society is composed of two great classes, those that have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. |
 | It's not so much being rich that brings happiness, it's becoming rich. |
Bible Quotes
 | He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly. — Old Testament ‐ Job 20:15 5 likes |
Latin Quotes
 | A rich man is either a knave, or the heir of a knave. Dives aut iniquus est, aut iniqui haeres. 22 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | The very rich are not good. Ουκ εισίν οι παμπλούσιοι αγαθοί. — Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 9 likes |
 | For often evil men are rich, and good men poor. But we will not exchange with them our virtue for their wealth. Πολλοί τοι πλουτούσι κακοί, αγαθοί δε πένονται. Αλλ᾽ ημείς τούτοις ού διαμειψόμεθα της αρετής τον πλούτον. — Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher 6 likes |
| Satiety comes of riches and hubris comes of satiety. Τον κόρον υπό του πλούτου γεννάσθαι, την δε ύβριν υπό του κόρου. — Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher 5 likes |
 | It’s terrible to become rich and to know nothing else. Σκαιόν το πλουτείν κ’ άλλο μηδέν ειδέναι. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian 4 likes |
 | Envy crawls towards the rich man. Προς γαρ τον έχοντα ο φθόνος έρπει. — Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet ‐ Αίας 3 likes |
 | Riches derived from evil deeds make the disgrace more conspicuous. Πλούτος από κακής εργασίης περιγενόμενος επιφανέστερον το όνειδος κέκτηται. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 3 likes |
 | What is wealth? A treasury of evils, a supply of bad luck, a gift of wickedness. Τι εστί πλούτος; Θησαυρός κακών, εφόδιον ατυχημάτων, χορηγία πονηρίας. — Chilon of Sparta, 6th cent. BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | The poor man’s enemies are few, the rich man’s friends are even fewer. 4 likes |
