Hilaire Belloc Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: July 27, 1870 - July 16, 1953
Birthday: July 27
Death: July 16
In the same way the eminence attaching to the mere possession of great wealth disappoints us nine times out of ten, especially if the wealth has been accumulated rapidly. For great wealth is accumulated rapidly by cunning or chance, or a mixture of the two. Cunning has nothing to do with high qualities; it is rather a presumption against them; while chance has nothing to do with them either. Therefore it is that men are always complaining after meeting So-and-so, that he seemed to be astonishingly stupid, though he made a million in ten years and started as a pauper.
topic: Stupid, Men, Years, Always Complaining, High Quality
