Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

The revolutionary outbreaks of the lower classes are the consequence of the injustice of the higher classes. Goethe.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another. George Eliot.

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all. Bible.

The rich are always advising the poor; but 25 the poor seldom venture to return the compliment. Helps.

The rich are invited to marry by that fortune which they do not want, and the poor have no inducement but that beauty which they do not feel. Goldsmith.

The rich becoming richer and the poor poorer, is the cry throughout the whole civilised world. Sillar.

The rich devour the poor, the devil the rich, and so both are devoured. Dutch Pr.

The rich man does not feel his wealth with any vividness. Goethe.

The rich man is seldom in his own halls, because 30 it bores him to be there, and still he returns thither, because he is no better off outside. Schopenhauer.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Bible.