Empty Purse Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something… — Pietro Aretino
- I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of friends, and empty purse. — Nicholas Breton
- Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd, The milk of… — William Cowper
- It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse -… — Washington Irving