The idea of luxury, even the word "luxury," was important to Arabella. Luxury meant something that was by definition overpriced, but was so nice, so lovely, in itself that you did not mind, in fact was so lovely that the expensiveness became part of the point, part of the distinction between the people who could not afford a thing and the select few who not only could, but also understood the desirability of paying so much for it. Arabella knew that there were thoughtlessly rich people who could afford everything; she didn't see herself as one of them but instead as one of an elite who both knew what money meant and could afford the things they wanted; and the knowledge of what money meant gave the drama of high prices a special piquancy. She loved expensive things because she knew what their expensiveness meant. She had a complete understanding of the signifiers.
John LanchesterStichwörter: rich wealth luxury price richness wealthy expensiveness
My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.
Frances Hodgson BurnettStichwörter: truth rich people important self-care
To the rich, therefore, falls the burden of Beauty. And if they cannot assume it, then they deserve to die.
Muriel BarberyIn Europe the rich are refined enough to act as if they're not wealthy. That is how civilized people behave. If you ask me, being cultured and civilized is not about everyone being free and equal; it's about everyone being refined enough to act as if they were. Then no one has to feel guilty.
Orhan PamukStichwörter: equality rich civilization guilt culture wealthy refinement
The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit.
George OrwellStichwörter: rich poor down-and-out-in-paris-and-london
I have always found that it is far more convenient to be rich rather than to be poor.
Amanda QuickOne thing's sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get- children
Ron RashStichwörter: rich children poor social-classes
Somewhere, things must be beautiful and vivid. Somewhere else, life has to be beautiful and vivid and rich. Not like this muted palette -a pale blue bedroom, washed out sunny sky, dull green yellow brown of the fields. Here, I know ever twist of every road, every blade of grass, every face in this town, and I am suffocating.
Lisa Ann SandellStichwörter: life rich sky beautiful face grass dull town somewhere vivid palette a-map-of-the-known-world muted suffocating
You can never have too much money.
Jess C. ScottStichwörter: money rich greed materialism poor lottery-tickets money-issues lottery materialism-versus-spiritualism money-not-happiness
The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich.
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