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Rich Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will…
- Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the…
- If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid…
- Each class preaches the importance of those virtues it need not exercise. The rich harp on the value of thrift, the idle grow eloquent over…
- Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.
- Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
- No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
- There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think…
- In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.
- The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came…
- In war," answered the weaver, "the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must work…
- Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels…
- Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.
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- 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