Habits Quote by Jane Austen

“were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank, and were therefore in every respect entitled…

— Jane Austen

“They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town,”

— Jane Austen

“people considered them very respectable, not only because most of them were rich, but also because they never had any adventures or did anything…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Who were these people with money, and what had they done that they should enjoy so much luxury, where others as good seemingly as…

— Theodore Dreiser

“They grew up, moulded by the harsh or kindly pressure of their fellows, to be either well nurtured, generous, sound, or mentally crippled, bitter,…

— Olaf Stapledon

“I then believed that a rich man should have some understanding of the place from which his riches came. That was very juvenile of…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr

“It rankled her that people richer than she were so often less worthy and attractive. More slobbish and louty. Comfort could be found in…

— Jonathan Franzen

“Yet I had not been many days shut up with them before I began to be ashamed of my first judgment, when I had…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“We had no longing for excessive wealth: a mere competency, though earned by daily toil, so that it was reasonably sure, and free from…

— Edmund Morris

“Nearly all rich an powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming or good-looking. They become rich and powerful by wanting to be rich…

— Paul Arden

“The fact that they viewed their wealth as a result of their own hands, without any honor other than lip service being given to…

— Lee Goff

“They served the rich, and tried to think that they were rich.”

— James T. Farrell