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What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is uselessness.

George Bernard Shaw

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich--something for nothing.

George Bernard Shaw

Philanthropy is the refuge of rich people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.

Oscar Wilde

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

Oscar Wilde

Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough.

Chuck Palahniuk

The quality of American life must keep pace with the quantity of American goods. This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

John F. Kennedy

If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.

Yiddish proverb

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

John F. Kennedy

Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.

Benjamin Franklin

Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.

Christopher Columbus

Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange.

William Shakespeare

Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

William Shakespeare

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

William Shakespeare

Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.

Charles Peguy

Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare

It is the mind that makes the body rich; and as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, so honor peereth in the meanest habit.

William Shakespeare

Education...beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men --the balance wheel of the social machinery...It does better than to disarm the poor of their hostility toward the rich; it prevents being poor.

Horace Mann

It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland.

Horace Mann

There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it will never be rich.

Seneca

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.

Ann Landers

The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.

Theodore Roosevelt

Who is wise? He that learns from every One. Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Benjamin Franklin

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Benjamin Franklin

Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.

English Proverb

It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; not what we preach but what we practice that makes us Christians.

Sir Francis Bacon

The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all.

G. K. Chesterton

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

G. K. Chesterton

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

G. K. Chesterton

Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know He is.

Jean Anouilh

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

Wendell Phillips

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

Wilbur Wright

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

Andrew Jackson

Religion I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor.

Patrick Henry

Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist.

Robert G. Allen

Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts.

Sir Philip Sidney

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

Samuel Johnson

The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart.

John Wooden

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

Henry David Thoreau

This is supposed to be a rich village, but the whole area is poor.

Uche Onyemetu

This project is only one which affords students and other interested persons and organizations the opportunity to study and realize the colorful and rich heritage that is ours in Lee County.

Seeley Lodwick

Rich and rare were the gems she wore, / And a bright gold ring on her hand she bore.

Thomas Moore

We're talking about powerful mafias. They're powerful, they're rich and they're ruthless.

Daniel Wilkinson

It's rich for research because of its rarity. It's also representative of the vastness of the prairie that once existed.

Richard Crawford

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?

Princess Diana

I would rather have a back row seat in the house of the lord than a front row seat amoung the rich and powerful.

Alben William Barkley

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.

Brigitte Bardot

Look, he's rich and he's sexy and there's always been an attraction between Lex and Lana. Whether or not she wants to admit it, Lana has always had some feelings for Lex.

Al Gough

Caramelized onions are rich and sweet. They don't have the bite that raw onions have.

Irving Smith

Rich could play way better than Krupa.

Al Hirt

Our vision for helping advertisers to capture the extremely rich branding opportunities that in game advertising presents is very much in synch with market demand, and the concurrent recognition we have been given seems to indicate this as well.

Justin Townsend

China desperately needs basic commodities, and Thailand has few products of interest. In the longer run, resource-rich countries like Indonesia, Malaysia and Burma will benefit. Even the Philippines may benefit more than Thailand.

Professor Sompop Manarungsan

I won't say you can get rich at it, but last year was a pretty good money year for me.

Mike Forrester

Then the Depression came along, and rich playboys and flappers weren't funny anymore.

Dean Young

A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty.

Henry Home

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

Henry Fielding

PEOPLE are experience rich and theory poor. People who are busy doing things ? as opposed to people who are busy sitting around, like me, reading and having coffee in coffee shops ? don't have opportunities to kind of collect and organize their experiences and make sense of them.

Malcolm Gladwell

It's about him but also about the rich tradition of his family.

Bettie Baca

The possessions of the rich are stolen property.

Pierre joseph Proudhon

Park Avenue stands for money. The rich are getting richer, and what's happening to the middle class? The middle class is becoming the working poor.

Mike Fishman

We get all kinds of clientele in here so it could be anywhere from a rich businessperson to somebody who lives in low-income housing across the street.

Stacey Carey

Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

Cicero

What's left is his, ... So, the man isn't getting rich.

William Mitchell

The public will be shocked that so many rich governments have given so little.

Phil Bloomer

Great respect for Detroit's long and rich tradition as a landmark American city and the incredibly positive impact the Motor City has made over the course of our country's history.

Gavin Maloof

Here's a man, since the time he fled in 1981, has never had a job, ... He has a rich wife ... he has a magnificent house. He has the method, the means and the money to make his escape.

Lynne Abraham

It's tricky. Students aren't rich. They can't afford to pay more on student fees, but these organizations depend on that money. It's hard to say what's too much and what's not enough.

Beth Erickson

For those of you who don't understand Reaganomics, it's based on the principle that the rich and the poor will get the same amount of ice. In Reaganomics, however, the poor get all of theirs in winter.

Morris K. Udall

I never dreamed that Rich (Law) would be able to play as long as he did and as well as he did, it was great.

John Pelphrey

Most of us think of obesity as a problem of rich and western industrialized countries. But our data shows that it also affects low and middle income countries especially people living in cities.

Salim Yusuf

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

Alan Alda

No matter who it's going to be, I know they'll make the right decision. Sean Marshall is doing a great job, Rich Hill is doing a great job. I'm pitching pretty good. Let's see what happens.

Angel Guzman

These delays can cost thousands of people their lives. What will it take rich countries to learn this obvious lesson?

Jo Leadbeater

Tennessee is full of families - rich and poor - who manage to achieve balance. They use the resources they have, and add faith in God, love and commitment to each other, hard work and a focus on their children.These are the real families, the families that work, the families that shine. And that balance is the lesson for us.

Phil Bredesen

People see Archie Bunker everywhere. Particularly girls-poor girls, rich girls, all kinds of girls are always coming up to me and telling me that Archie is just like their dad.

Carroll O'connor

I don't know how anyone could vote Republican. It's so obvious that their only interest is keeping the rich rich.

Vivian Campbell

My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.

Charles Barkley

These kids could all grow up and be rich and eat lobster the rest of their lives. And nothing will taste better than those french fries.

Al Visconti

Grow Rich While You Sleep.

Ben Sweetland

Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and poor.

Dennis Prager

There is a lot of rich history and tradition associated with the tournament. We've had some great competition over the years.

Rick Abbott

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.

Paramahansa Yogananda

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

William Temple, Sr.

It?s a case of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

Shelly Lombard

We make our own compost at each garden and are very generous with this on the plots. This provides rich, organic matter that enriches the dirt, and mulch is added on top to protect the plots from hot and cold temperatures, as well as deterring weeds.

Pam Martin

I've been rich and I've been poor; Believe me, honey, rich is better.

Sophie Tucker

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Francis Bacon, Sr.

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.

Johannes Kepler

Our new maps service is the result of extensive research on user preferences and experiences, ... We believe the design and rich relevant data have raised the bar for online mapping.

Paul Levine

We're not really interested in getting rich. The point is, and has always been, to endow the customer and ourselves with a sense of physical well-being.

Masafumi Miura

It will provide an incredibly rich picture of our past through the individual voices of 30 British writers.

Jane Tranter

It's hard to believe that Congress could see more tax cuts for the rich as a priority.

Robert Mcintyre

It is in spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Sarah Bernhardt

I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.

Sophie Tucker

My mother always told me to never limit my dreams to our economic situation. Therefore, I have always lived my life without limitations, knowing that I could do whatever the next person was doing, whether they were black or white, rich or poor.

Stacey Hill

AOL is one of the only companies that have ever delivered rich, managed content to the retail consumer profitably.

John Mckinley

With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.

George Crabbe

Sadly, it's another case of a rich man manipulating charity for his own benefit.

Marcus Owens

Everybody thinks these rich counties ought to be able to take care of themselves.

Rep. Richard Chalk

Depression does not discriminate. It doesn't matter whether you are successful, it doesn't matter how intelligent you are, how rich you are, it can hit you at any time in your life.

Craig Hamilton

The most important thing I want to get out is they should eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables in spite of all these findings.

Karin Michels

In a career spanning six decades, Karl Malden has superbly achieved the goal of every actor, to bring an extraordinarily rich range of iconic characters to the screen and stage.

Melissa Gilbert

They wanted to celebrate Chandler's rich history in ostrich farming. It was really the one thing that stood out and made Chandler unique from other cities.

Katie Stringham

I like the rich colors and the rich idea. It's a very deep idea. It's how nature connects all of us.

Melissa Allen

By 2010, it is estimated that 50 percent of the world's population will live in coastal zones, and major industries depend on sea trade. Coastal zones are areas rich in biological diversity, but we have to learn how so many people can co-exist with their natural environment.

Laurence Mee

If we can't find ways for people to get rich [in software development], we're not going to attract the best and brightest to the industry.

Cameron Purdy

It was what sealed our love for the cultures of my children's homelands. But remember to celebrate your own heritage, too. This is what makes our lives so rich and so fun.

Deb Sumiec

We are deeply saddened by the destruction inflicted on this beautiful and historically rich part of America. The donation is our attempt at helping to alleviate some of the suffering.

Mark Rogers

It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

Katharine Butler Hathaway

Every extra delay reduces the chances of a deal being done that will lift people out of poverty, ... Promises have been made repeatedly by rich countries to remove barriers to farm trade. But this rearguard action by the French and other EU member states is undermining even the minimal progress made.

Celine Charveriat

Service manual images are normally 2D bitmaps. What if you could put in rich, 3D data that show animations on how to assemble or disassemble a part?

Rak Bhalla

I do not think most students are aware of the rich cultures of the region and the opportunities understanding Latin America offers.

Scott Whiteford

[When asked what was the proper time for supper] If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.

Diogenes the Cynic

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

Joan Collins

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves there wouldn't be enough to go around.

Christina Stead

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

W. C. Fields

Oh, well, that was fun. He wasn't what I wanted - a three-piece suit, someone who was rich.

Marci Maynes

Concierge care is like a new country club for the rich, ... The danger is that if a large number of doctors choose to open up these types of practices, the health care system will become even more inequitable than it is today.

Pete Stark

I've been all around the United States researching, and in my opinion, Iowa is number one at school preservation. This is because of the preservation alliance and the rich history of education in Iowa.

Mark Dewalt

Not only does music have a strong cultural impact, but it has a significant economic impact. The map is another way to really celebrate that we have a really rich musical heritage.

Marty Mcomber

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

Anatole France

I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

Bruce Grocott

The best way to realize the pleasure of feeling rich is to live in a smaller house than your means would entitle you to have.

Edward Clarke

The Indians' (basket) got too rich for my blood when it went above $100.

John Valentine

I love the colors this time. They're very rich. It's nothing too bright, it's just like two shades back of bright.

Todd Oldham

Red Bull is really a tough team, especially now that they have Rich Alvarez.

Siot Tanquingcen

Investors are receiving calls from potential brokers, people soliciting investments and asking them to make quick decisions in a 'get rich quick' scheme.

Michael Jones

He had splendid conformation-broad shoulders, white hair and erect carriage-and was beautifully turned out in an ensemble of rich brown. One was inclined to hope he would, in the end, award first prize to himself.

Fred Smith

In the technology area, we are still pioneering leading technology. We wanted a rich field of potential employees to choose among.

Brad Baird

She goes in disguise uptown to thieve in the homes of the rich. She's a survivor.

Anne Morgan

This is an obvious form of welfare for the rich.

Orrin Pilkey

Our efforts to get this convention adopted by member states of UNESCO are driven by our unshakeable commitment to protect and promote Canada's rich cultural diversity.

Liza Frulla

I have friends who are Muslim so I know they aren't all bad, and now my faith in Detroit is restored. ... For this man to go so much out of his way was just amazing. We offered him a reward. He wouldn't take it, and I don't think he's a rich man at all. He is a hero in my eyes.

Shelley Duff

For her heart was cold to all but gold,And the rich came not to woo --But honored well are charms to sellIf priests the selling do.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

If you know how rich you are, you are not rich. But me, I am not aware of the extent of my wealth. That's how rich we are.

Imelda Marcos

People here are really wedded culturally and emotionally to very rich plan designs relative to what you see in different parts of the country. They are just more expensive.

Charles Baker

Gillette Fusion extends our rich history of innovation. It's a breakthrough platform that will continue to drive our category leadership.

James Kilts

Furniture from southern China tends to be very elaborate, while northern furniture is big, heavy and grand. The classic lines of Chinese antiques blend beautifully with the design of today's contemporary interiors, adding rich accents to modern homes and offices.

Marybelle Hu

When China had a planned economy our material circumstances were not rich but our society was much more peaceful and stable. We didn't have the polarization between rich and poor we are seeing today.

Xia Xueluan

High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true.

Robert H. Schuller

I play this really arrogant, head-of-the-class football captain, too-rich-for-his-own-good kid. You can guess what happens.

Jared Padalecki

Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Flow: Urban Dance Uprising's infectious hip-hop soundtrack, authentic b-boy moves and rich 3D environments will make it one of the most exciting dance games to play.

Jay Cohen

It's a very complex, thoughtful and aesthetically rich body of work. It's easier in a way to appreciate its sensual qualities without his humorous, yet slightly menacing presence. A lot of people who could never have coped with him when he was alive are now buying his work.

Diedrich Diederichsen

We are a racially structured country, one-thirds to two-thirds of African Americans are born into poverty. They are at a distinct disadvantage from the outset, and the divide between the rich and the poor only continues to grow.

Ralph Leck

It is simply an attempt by a group of self-appointed rich clubs to get more money and power out of the game, with no concern for the sports or the fans.

Lennart Johansson

Rich media is now important for the Internet, be it Java animation or audio, ... The time is right and the systems are in place to present rich media.

Michael Henderson

Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.

Rita Rudner

Rich had an excellent season. He came as far as any player I've coached over his two years. He took up basketball on a competitive level when he came to Brewster. He had a desire to learn and improved dramatically.

John Martino

The people I want are very famous and very rich, and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV and a bit of cash, so it's a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky.

Graham Norton

The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.

David Weinbaum

At first, it will be real rich people, hundreds of them flying into suborbital space. But what will happen is you'll run out of real rich people real quickly.

Burt Rutan

Maybe the trend is your friend for a few minutes in Chicago, but for the most part it is rarely a way to get rich.

Jim Rogers

This isn't some rich white guy coming up with the answer to Africa's problems, definitely not. This is going to be the people there, in their own communities - they know what needs to happen, they just can't get a chance to do it.

Tom Hunter

I have always lived beyond my means. I am still trying to live beyond my means, but it is getting harder all the time. I am very rich.

Allan Sherman

It was an epic battle between a rich and famous celebrity and a hardworking photographer. He tried to do what was right, but she brought powerful, enormous interests against him.

Mark Werksman

[Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi said the oil-rich kingdom has the capacity to immediately raise its oil production from around 9.5 million bpd to 11 million bpd if needed.] The crude is available, ... If you want it, there it is.

Ali Naimi

If U.S. bonds seem rich to global (mainly Asian) investors in currency terms as the dollar appreciates, they will take profits on the appreciated assets.

David Goldman

I really do get the sense that he'll be his own man. I don't think he's going to make the same mistakes that were made under Aristide. He can bridge the divide between rich and poor.

Dumarsais Simeus

Without these young people, our communities won't be as rich and vibrant and critically successful as they need to be.

Barry Griswell

I'm doing OK, I'm not getting rich. I'm not going to retire but I'm doing OK.

Joe Duncan

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

Romanian Proverb

RICE-WATER, n. A mystic beverage secretly used by our most popular novelists and poets to regulate the imagination and narcotize the conscience. It is said to be rich in both obtundite and lethargine, and is brewed in a midnight fog by a fat which of the Dismal Swamp.

Ambrose Bierce

He that is rich is wise.

Daniel Defoe

It's just a great story to tell. It's just a wonderful rich history which I think a lot of people may not know very well.

Jon Rubin

One cannot both feast and become rich.

Ashanti Proverb

There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.

Marlene Dietrich

We're innocent people, looking after a population that the rich want to keep miserable.

Amaral Duclona

You won't get rich out of doing it unless you are the only person starting on an entire mintage.

Peter Morris

To get to do something as rich as this story and this part, with my two brothers and my sister - you know, there was nothing like it.

Aidan Quinn

I have a deep feeling against jet planes, yachts, multiple residences -- I hate anything like country clubs or anything associated with rich.

Lorry Lokey

Rich is not better.

Nell Carter

GOUT, n. A physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient.

Ambrose Bierce

There's a lot of talk but when it comes down to money our rich friends haven't done very much.

Munir Akram

That's what I find is just the work ethic of some of my peers I've noticed, and it has to do with how they were raised. And I didn't come from a lot of money either, so I never had any kind of strange thing that can happen with rich kids where they're not always given discipline. Not always, but I've seen that sometimes. But it happens with people with no money too, so. . . .

Jenna Elfman

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

Alexander Smith

It would be great if I had some rich guy come build us some new fields or something.

Scott Easter

The survey's findings echo the concerns we are hearing from consumers, small business owners, doctors and taxpayers across our state. Floridians have a real problem with personal injury lawyers and people who see lawsuits and our courts as a way to get rich.

Slade O'brien

Congolese friends have often said to me that we wouldn't be in such dire straits if we weren't so rich.

Adam Hochschild

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

Themistocles

To local people, she must have seemed a little strange. They looked askance at the house because none of them had the money to remodel or redo their home as they saw fit. They just couldn't understand her. To this day, we don't always understand rich people.

Leonard Mckay

The fact Rich has been sick (with food poisoning) the last few days and lost a little weight, well, we've got time. This won't hurt him.

Curt Young

This is a profoundly disappointing text and a betrayal of development promises. Rich countries interests have prevailed yet again and poor countries have had to fight a rearguard action simply to keep some of their issues on the table.

Phil Bloomer

Gets you a good kick-off you might say. No it's not going to make any of them rich, there wasn't that much damage.

Allen Reid

About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

Henry Wheeler Shaw

They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for rich customers than to be invested with monopoly over impoverished customers.

Frederic Bastiat

Casino gambling is called entertainment, but for many people it is advertised as a way to get rich quickly. The working poor are easily lured into thinking that gaming is their ticket out.

Michael Geer

The single aorta completely separates the oxygen-rich blood from the oxygen-poor blood and sends it to all parts of the body.

Dale Russell

The Christian tradition was passed on to me as a great rich mixture, a bouillabaisse of human imagination and wonder brewed from the richness of individual lives.

Mary Catherine Bateson

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by its restrictions. Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it.

Gloria Swanson

I don't think that Kinky is a rich man, but he does OK.

Dean Barkley

In the rich cities, an Internet user who spends $1 actually gets more out of their experience and finds more Web sites in their language.

Philip Howard

He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invated by worry, fret and anxiety.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ours was a marriage, a love affair -- the land would nurture us, and we would honor the land. But the land was too rich and too good. The powerful and greedy invaders saw this at once.

Miriam Makeba

A bond's easy to get if you're rich and have a lot of money; if not, it's impossible to get. And I don't think you can buy such a bond.

Jeff Faulkner

PHILANTHROPIST, n. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.

Ambrose Bierce

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man was born to be rich, or grow rich by use of his faculties, by the union of thought with nature. Property is an intellectual production. The game requires coolness, right reasoning, promptness, and patience in the players. Cultivated labor drives out brute labor.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you lose your temper at a newspaper columnist, he'll get rich or famous or both.

James C. Hagerty