Quotes About Wealth

He visited the poor so long as he had any money; when he no longer had any, he visited the rich.

There is M. Geborand purchasing paradise for a sou.

He was a friendly but sad figure. People said of him: 'A rich man who is not proud. A fortunate man who does not look happy.

An opulent priest is a contradiction.

S'il avait eu le Pérou dans sa poche, certainement il l'eût donné à la danseuse ; mais Gringoire n'avait pas le Pérou, et d'ailleurs l'Amérique n'était pas encore découverte.

I don't want your money, said she.

Be born with a silver spoon in your mouth! everything lies in that. Be lucky, and you will have all the rest; be happy, and people will think you great.

Those who have succeeded in procuring this admirable materialism have the joy of feeling themselves irresponsible, and of thinking that they can devour everything without uneasiness, — places, sinecures, dignities, power, whether well or ill acquired, lucrative recantations, useful treacheries, savory capitulations of conscience, — and that they shall enter the tomb with their digestion accomplished.

Il visitait les pauvres tant qu'il avait de l'argent; quand il n'en avait plus, il visitait les riches.

Cuando le ocurría alguna vez, porque, ¿a quién no le ocurre? Decir: -¡Oh. si fuese rico!- no lo decía nunca echando el lente a una joven bonita, como el señor Guillenormand, sino contemplando un libro.

Un prete opulento è un controsenso. Il prete deve tenersi vicino al povero.

These two products of a man's labor often come together. At the very moment when you become rich you are paralyzed. That rounds off your life.

Slaying wealth is not the same thing as dividing it.

he, how many beds do you think this hall alone would hold? Monseigneur's dining-room? exclaimed

She was a pretty blonde with fine teeth. For dowry, she had gold and pearls; but the gold was on her head and the pearls were in her mouth.

If he had had Peru in his pocket he would certainly have given it to the dancer, but Gringoire had no Peru there, and, besides, America was not yet discovered.

So it's the silver you're worrying about.' said the bishop. 'I can't tell you where that is.

Dans ses entreprises il a besoin d'aides et de collaborateurs ; il lui faut ce qu'il appelle lui-même « des hommes ». Diogène les cherchait tenant une lanterne, lui il les cherche un billet de banque à la main.

provide enough for those who have too little. —FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

She pouted prettily, and he wondered if that was one of the things they taught wealthy young girls at schools like Miss Porter's. If not, it had been passed down from one generation to another as carefully as the secret of fire.

Madame Dufour stood at the head of the table, dressed in a severe black dress that revealed the soup spoon–sized hollow at the base of her long neck. A single diamond brooch was her only adornment (one good piece, ladies, and choose it well; everything makes a statement, nothing speaks quite so loudly as cheapness).

Famous people have more money Ã¢â'¬Â¦ and less freedom; they have more choices Ã¢â'¬Â¦ and less honesty. Everything is a trade-off. And when we let the media choose our heroes for us, we are lost already.

if wishes were horses, all beggars would ride

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. —FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT