Rich Man Quotes

161 quotes by 134 authors

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr
A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their money. — Amiri Baraka
Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions. — Dave Barry
Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee. — Aneurin Bevan
Grooming oneself with all the crazed compulsion of an under-exercised lab rat in order to hook a rich man and obtain a lush lifestyle makes… — Julie Burchill
All but the hard hearted man must be torn with pity for this pathetic dilemma of the rich man, who has to keep the poor… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Seek the simplest in all things, in food, clothing, without being ashamed of poverty. For a great part of the world lives in poverty. Do… — Gennadius of Constantinople
The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt. — Ambrose
My son, a perfect little boy of five years and three months, had ended his earthly life. You can never sympathize with me; you can… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool. — Henry Fielding
The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman, and other men are slaves;… — Richard Sibbes
There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man. — E. W. Howe
The rich man, when contributing to a permanent plan for the education of the poor, ought to reflect that he is providing for that of… — James Madison
The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed. — Honore de Balzac
Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he… — Alexander Pope
The rich man can afford to be happy and wise; the poor man is wiser still, for he understands sadness. — William Henry Chase
I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man. — Themistocles
It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich… — Irenaeus of Lyons
I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms… — Ben Hecht

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