Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Wealth

Quotes about: Wealth

• Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Life, People, Giving

• When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the injustice of fortune by vilifying those enjoyments which she had not given them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Revenge, Philosophical, Mind

• There is something to be said for jealousy, because it only designs the preservation of some good which we either have or think wehave a right to. But envy is a raging madness that cannot bear the wealth or fortune of others.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Jealousy, Thinking, Envy

• The most brilliant fortunes are often not worth the littleness required to gain them.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Gains, Brilliant, Wealth

• Our wisdom is no less at fortune's mercy than our wealth.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Wisdom, Wealth, Mercy

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