Rich Quotes by Oscar Wilde

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

— Oscar Wilde

Who, being loved, is poor?

— Oscar Wilde

“Position and wealth are not everything.”

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Oscar Wilde

The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.

— Oscar Wilde

“Even you are not rich enough, Sir Robert, to buy back your past. No man is”

— Oscar Wilde

If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty

— Oscar Wilde

In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.

— Oscar Wilde

The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance.

— Oscar Wilde

Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.

— Oscar Wilde

“I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.”

— Oscar Wilde

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is…

— Oscar Wilde

“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The…

— Oscar Wilde

“There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor.”

— Oscar Wilde

Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle…

— Oscar Wilde

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The…

— Oscar Wilde

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we…

— Oscar Wilde

“The rich would have spoken on the value of thrift and the idle grown eloquent over the dignity of labour.”

— Oscar Wilde

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the…

— Oscar Wilde

Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the…

— Oscar Wilde

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in…

— Oscar Wilde

Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and…

— Oscar Wilde

In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor.…

— Oscar Wilde

“beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich”

— Oscar Wilde