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G.K. Chesterton3 quotes
The rich are the scum of the earth in every country. — G.K. Chesterton · 1914The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — G.K. Chesterton · 1904Among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it. — G.K. Chesterton · 1912F. Scott Fitzgerald2 quotes
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1926They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. — F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925Adam Smith1 quote
With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches; which, in their eye is never so complete as when they appear to possess those decisive marks of opulence which nobody can possess but themselves. — Adam Smith · 1776Dave Moss1 quote
The rich get richer, that's the law of the land. — Dave Moss · 1992J. Paul Getty1 quote
If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man. — J. Paul Getty · 1957