Opulent Quotes

17 quotes by 15 authors

The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions;… — George Washington
In this world it is possible to achieve great material wealth, to live an opulent life. But a life built upon those things alone leaves… — Cesar Chavez
Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all… — Aeschylus
When Paul was taken in chains from his filthy Roman dungeon and beheaded at the order of the opulent madman Nero, two representatives of humanity… — Randy Alcorn
The primary function of government is to protect the minority of the opulent from the majority of the poor. — James Madison
The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a… — Saul
Landholders ought to have a share in the government to support these invaluable interests and check the other many. They ought to be so constituted… — James Madison
An excessive indulgence in the pleasures of social life constitutes the great interests of a luxuriant and opulent age. — Isaac D'Israeli
The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals… — Thomas Bulfinch
In democratic countries, however opulent a man is supposed to be, he is almost always discontented with his fortune, because he finds that he is… — Alexis de Tocqueville
She was one of those people who was born for the greatness of a single love, for exaggerated hatred, for apocalyptic vengance, and for the… — Isabel Allende
Structural dissatisfaction: Returning to circumstances that once pleased you, after having experienced a more thrilling or opulent way of life, and finding that you can… — Jennifer Egan
As soon as a man recognizes that he has drifted into age, he gets reminiscent. He wants to talk and talk; and not about the… — Mark Twain
When I first began visiting West Germany in the early 1980s, I was startled by the contrast between Birmingham, where I went to school, and… — Luke Harding
The Polo Lounge is like a fine old mink coat: opulent, dignified and warm. — Bryan Q. Miller
The more opulent a temple, the more miserable is the spirit that lives in it. — Jean-Paul Malfatti
Power must be in the hands of the wealth of the nation, those who have sympathy for property owners and their rights, and who understand… — James Madison

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