The most impoverished peasant can be delighted by the opening of the first spring flower, and the most wealthy aristocrat can curse the day he was born because of some petty offense to his sensibilities. She is a very wise woman. To achieve serenity we have to view life not as it is measured by the world around us but as we ourselves measure it. We must accept that the scales are not at all equal.
Emma WildesTags: rich wealth poor social-classes
There always seem to be very rich people, no matter how poor the country,” Thenoclon said.
Andrew AshlingTags: rich rich-people disparity-of-wealth poor-countries
Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another.
Charles BukowskiTags: rich luck poor losers gambling winners
For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and famous, or dead.
Wayne Gerard TrotmanTags: art rich death dead artists value worth famous artistic art-appreciation valuable
The patience and forbearance of the poor are among the strongest bulwarks of the rich.
C.L.R. JamesKuwa tajiri si kazi rahisi. Ukipata milioni ya kwanza utataka nyingine kulinda hiyo ya kwanza. Ukipata ya pili utataka mbili zingine kulinda hizo mbili za kwanza, n.k. Si kazi rahisi. Si kama unavyofikiria. Utajiri haujanipa furaha. Umenipa uhuru. Ndugu zangu ni maskini wa kutupwa. Ningependa kuishi kama maskini mwenye pesa nyingi.
Enock MaregesiTags: rich wealth poverty poor
My mom would spy by satellite, turning down the air conditioning, colder and colder, with a tapping keystroke via her wireless connection, chilling that house, that one room, meat locker cold, ski-slope cold, spending a king's ransom on Freon and electric power, trying to make some doomed ten bucks' worth of pretty pink flowers last one more day.
Chuck PalahniukTags: energy rich waste electricity wastefulness bouquet
People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank; the money came first, not the simplicity.
Douglas CouplandTags: rich wealth simple simplicity wealthy money-quotes rich-people rich-man rich-and-poor jared-wheat
Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.
PlatoTags: money rich insult wealthy
In fifteen hundred years someone will figure out a way to squeeze black juice out of the yellow sand, and that will get everyone very excited. Some people who were rich already will get a lot richer, and some people who were poor will be told that they're richer but will be pretty sure they're not.
Louise CareyTags: rich greed poor the-city-of-silk-and-steel
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