Able Quote by Gregory Maguire

The poor man who takes property by force is called a thief, but the creditor who can by legislation make a debtor pay a…

— William Jennings Bryan

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

— Anonymous

A rich man is an honest man--no thanks to him; for he would be a double knave, to cheat mankind when he had no…

— Daniel Defoe

Every time thief steals, he steals from his own peace, from his own honour! No man is as poor as a rich thief!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men.

— Edvard Munch

The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy…

— Orison Swett Marden

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

— W. C. Fields

people who pay greater respect to a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to be enslaved; they plainly…

— John Hancock

A modern gentleman [rich person] is necessarily the enemy of his country. Even in war he does not fight to defend it, but to…

— George Bernard Shaw

We commonly say that the rich man can speak the truth, can afford honesty, can afford independence of opinion and action;and thatis the theory…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Certain rich men, whose lives are evil and corrupt, are the representatives of predatory wealth accumulated by all forms of inequity, from the oppression…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his…

— Gautama Buddha