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Rich Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went…
- The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.
- We love to hear some men speak, though we hear not what they say; the very air they breathe is rich and perfumed, and the…
- Before the end of December, generally, they experience their first thawing. Those which a month ago were sour, crabbed, and quite unpalatable to the civilized…
- October is the month for painted leaves. Their rich glow now flashes round the world. As fruits and leaves and the day itself acquire a…
- Surely one may as profitably be soaked in the juices of a swamp for one day as pick his way dry-shod over sand. Cold and…
- Even the death of Friends will inspire us as much as their lives. They will leave consolation to the mourners, as the rich leave money…
- If a man is rich and strong anywhere, it must be on his native soil. Here I have been these forty years learning the language…
- Nature would not appear so rich, the profusion so rich, if we knew a use for everything.
- He is the rich man, and enjoys the fruit of his riches, who summer and winter forever can find delight in his own thoughts.
- The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode.
- A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
- That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.
- The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even…
- I make myself rich by making my wants few.
- The true and not despairing Friend will address his Friend in some such terms as these. "I never asked thy leave to let me love…
- The best thing a man can do for his culture when he is rich is to endeavor to carry out those schemes which he entertained…
More Rich Quotes
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of… — David Attenborough
- Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich,… — Margaret Atwood
- God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really… — Bill Ayers
- We're running out of rich people in this country. — Michele Bachmann
- Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. — Francis Bacon
- My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He… — Kevin Bacon
- Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring… — Walter Bagehot
- To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep. — David Bailey
- Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr