quotes about Opulence
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Only economists mistake physical opulence for riches.
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To all my friends without distinction I am ready to display my opulence: come one, come all; and whosoever likes to take a share is welcome to the wealth that lies within my soul.
-- AntisthenesSource : "Symposium" by Xenophon, (iv. 35),
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If poverty makes man groan, he yawns in opulence. When fortune exempts us from labor, nature overwhelms us with time.
-- Antoine Rivarol -
The extremes of opulence and of want are more remarkable, and more constantly obvious, in [Great Britain] than in any other place that I ever saw.
-- John Quincy Adams -
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Opulence is the law of the universe, an abundant supply for every need if nothing is put in the way of its coming.
-- Ralph Waldo TrineSource : Ralph Waldo Trine (2013). “The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Trine”, p.109, Simon and Schuster
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The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human condition, but also overwhelmed by it.
-- Rupert Everett -
We are suggesting a new kind of opulence, of intelligent indulgence over blind gluttony.
-- Naeem Khan
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“I am attracted to humans. But, of course...not many.”
Source : "Morrissey: 'Unfortunately, I Am Not Homosexual'" by Miriam Coleman, www.rollingstone.com. October 20, 2013.
