Extravagant Quote by William Shenstone Download Open image “A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.” — William Shenstone ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Extravagant Grows Money Poor Rich Seeming
A man is rich whose income is larger than his expenses, and he is poor if his expenses are greater than his income. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. — Solomon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Poor man eyes a rich man, denigrates his property. A rich man eyes a poor man, and envies his simplicity. — The Rolling Stones Copy Share Image
The difference between a rich man and a poor man is this--the former eats when he pleases, and the latter when he can get… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Man acquires wealth in proportion as he puts his labor to better account. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
RICHNESS is not Earning More, Spending More Or Saving More, but ...RICHNESS IS WHEN YOU NEEDNO MORE — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When self-interest inclines a man to print, he should consider that the purchaser expects a pennyworth for his penny, and has reason to asperse… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Fashion is a great restraint upon your persons of taste and fancy; who would otherwise in the most trifling instances be able to distinguish… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
My banks they are furnish'd with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it? — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Long sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Persons who discover a flatterer, do not always disapprove him, because he imagines them considerable enough to deserve his applications. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I read the most extravagant things about people who suffer and depress because of things written about them. — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
When you think that most of us are doomed by divine grace to roast in hell, to say nothing of mortgages and hail and… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
People say, 'Oh, to be the daughter of Picasso!' But it's not as extravagant as it seems. He was very special, very vibrant, but… — Paloma Picasso Copy Share Image
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door… — Martial Copy Share Image
God's extravagant generosity toward us compels us to be extravagantly generous toward others. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
Her [Mary's] motherhood extends beyond view. In the will of the Son, she becomes at once mother and maid: sheltering him, but sheltered in… — Adrienne von Speyr Copy Share Image
I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life. — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed. — Lucius Beebe Copy Share Image
Islands are havens and breeding grounds for the unique and anomalous. They are natural laboratories of extravagant evolutionary experimentation. — David Quammen Copy Share Image
I cap myself when I shop; I don't like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it's… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image