Jean de la Bruyere Quotes About Wealth

Quotes about: Wealth

• Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Funny, Money, Men

  "Of Worldly Goods", Aphorism 24,

• We need not envy certain people their great wealth; they acquired it at a heavy cost, which would not suit us; they staked their rest, their health, their honour and their conscience to acquire it, the price is too high, and there is nothing to be gained by such a bargain.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Class, Envy

  "Of Worldly Goods". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

• Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Wealth, Fortune

• A man is rich whose income is larger than his expenses, and he is poor if his expenses are greater than his income.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Income, Wealth

  "Les Caractères". Book by Jean de La Bruyère. 'Of The Gifts of Fortune,' #49, 1688.

• We all covet wealth, but not its perils.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Wealth, Peril

• Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Christian, Citizens, Wealth

• It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Fool, Sides, Wealth

• Nothing makes us better understand what trifling things Providence thinks He bestows on men in granting them wealth, money, dignities, and other advantages, than the manner in which they are distributed and the kind of men who have the largest share.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Men, Thinking, Dignity

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