Contempt Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The contempt of riches in the philosophers was a concealed desire of revenging on fortune the injustice done to their merit, by despising the…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the injustice of…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

— Charles Caleb Colton

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

— Fanny Burney

“To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, surely, must be more beneficial to mankind.”

— Frances Burney

Riches are oftener an impediment than a stimulus to action; and in many cases they are quite as much a misfortune as a blessing.

— Samuel Smiles

That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the contempt,…

— Adam Smith

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the…

— Roger L'Estrange

Believe not much them that seem to despise riches, for they despise them that despair of them.

— Francis Bacon

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss.

— Dick Gregory

The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.

— Seneca the Younger