Despair Quote by John Steinbeck

It seems to me that, in many times the rich are far more desperate to show who they are [not] by showing what they…

— Alexander Fennis

The contented person is never poor; the discontented is never rich.

— Anonymous

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

Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are…

— John Steinbeck

[W]hat is always overlooked is that although the poor want to be rich, it does not follow that they either like the rich or…

— Elaine Dundy

The miserable consumption of the poor is partly the result of the ostentatious demands of the rich. There isn't enough for both, and the…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

As long as there's anybody that's poor or middle class, there will not be satisfaction that there are rich people. Not 'til we get…

— Rush Limbaugh

There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who does not think there is somebody still poorer, and still more contemptible.

— Samuel Johnson

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them…

— Jean Cocteau

A thought crossed his mind: How do you make poor people feel wealthy when wages are stagnant? You give them cheap loans.

— Michael Lewis

It would be a considerable consolation to the poor and discontented could they but see the means whereby the wealth they covet has been…

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

It is true that so far as wealth gives time for ideal ends and exercise to ideal energies, wealth is better than poverty and…

— William James