Character Quote by Michel de Montaigne

“virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.”

— Plato

“As I was to learn, patience and latitude and even humility are, paradoxically, the handmaidens of wealth, because virtue is costly only for those…

— James Lee Burke

“Both were aware that wealth is a relative thing, and that the positively rich are not those who have the largest possessions but those…

— Susan Ferrier

“people do noble things.”

— Johnny B. Truant

“Often the poor have more nobility in them than the actual nobility.”

— Amish Tripathi

“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

“Virtue is not hereditary.”

— Thomas Paine

“And so they grow richer and richer, and the more they think of making a fortune the less they think of virtue; for when…

— Plato

“One who is wise is rich, one who is virtuous is wealthy, one who is happy is affluent, and one who is loving is…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“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

“Virtue is too passive, too narrow. Virtue can motivate individuals, but for groups, societies, a whole civilisation, it’s a weak force. Nations are never…

— Ian McEwan

“Wealth is relative. Some people aren’t really rich; they just have poor neighbors.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana