Wealth Quotes - 4
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Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.
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More Wealth Quotes - 4
Kings of the Nizam dynasty were said to be among the richest men in the world. They indulged their fantasies on an extraordinary extent. For instance, the ninth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali, Asif Jha VI (1869-1911) is reputed to have never repeatedly worn a dress. It is said that his wardrobe filled an entire wing of the palace and stood two storeys high.
Ababu Minda Yimene— An African Indian Community in Hyderabad: Siddi Identity, Its Maintenance and Change (2004, pg. 4)
The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity.
p. t. barnum— 'Preserve Your Integrity', The Art of Money Getting (1880).
Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, Power, alas! naught but misery brings!
thomas haynes bayly— English popular songwriter. I'd be a Butterfly.
There is no Wealth but Life.
john ruskin— John Ruskin, Unto This Last, IV (1860).
The rich is the one that rules over those of little means, and the borrower is servant to the man doing the lending.
solomon— Solomon, Proverbs 22:7
I hate almost all rich people, but I think I'd be darling at it.
dorothy parker— From her interview for The Paris Review, reprinted in Writers at Work, First Series (1958).
Oh, the poor folks hate the rich folks, And the rich folks hate the poor folks. All of my folks hate all of your folks, It's American as apple pie.
tom lehrer— "National Brotherhood Week" (1965)
No rich man is a patriot, no rich man is a friend. They have all only got one fatherland the Ritz-Carlton; and one friend the mistress they're promising to divorce their wives for.
— Christina Stead, House of All Nations, pub. by Simon & Schuster (1938).
To be wealthy has never been a goal of mine. You can only spend so much and you cannot take it with you, so for me leaving a good body of work is more important.
— Philip Andre Mickey Rourke, Jr., American actor and screenwriter. Live magazine, The Mail on Sunday newspaper, 8th November 2009; Interviewed by Chris Sullivan
WEALTH. Any income that is at least $100 more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband.
h. l. mencken— American journalist and critic. From 'maxims' section in, A Book of Burlesques (1920).
Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipped the devil If I thanked my God for worldly things.
william blake— William Blake, Riches. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Andrew Carnegie— Andrew Carnegie, Gospel of Wealth.
Dame Nature gave him comeliness and health, And Fortune (for a passport) gave him wealth.
— W. Harte, Eulogius, 411.
It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World axiom Richesse oblige.
Holmes, Sr., Oliver Wendell— A Mortal Antipathy, Introduction.
Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.
jean cocteau— Les Enfants Terribles translation by Rosamond Lehmann (1929).
Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good.
Martin Luther— Martin Luther, Colloquies, p. 90. (Ed. 1652).
He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
— Psalms, XXXIX. 6. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)
O what a world of vile ill-favour'd faults Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year!
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor (c. 1597; published 1602), Act III, scene 4, line 32.
How many threadbare souls are to be found under silken cloaks and gowns!
— Thomas Brooks, p. 523. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
Worldly wealth is the devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase.
robert burton— p. 522. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
