Decline Quote by Edward Cocker

Honor is the reward of virtue.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.

— Sallust

“Life and history have repeatedly taught us that values and virtues are far much stronger than the physical wealth we often see. For material…

— Sunday Adelaja

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

— Sallust

Only the wasteful virtues earn the sun.

— William Butler Yeats

All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.

— William James

“Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World with Contempt;…

— Plutarch

“a beautiful heart is worth more than all of the riches in the world those who think otherwise have truly experienced neither it will…

— VD

If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let thy wisdom…

— Francis Quarles

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

— Edward Young

Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the…

— Plutarch