Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) Irish/English writer
Variant: What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life by him who interests himself in everything.
“Large was his wealth, but larger was his heart.”
Pt. I, line 826.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
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Xun Zi (-313–-238 BC) Ancient Chinese philosopher
Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (2001), p. 259
An Exhortation to Learning
“His best companions, innocence and health;
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 61.
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) American theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 455.
“779. He that marries for wealth sells his liberty.”
George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“The Landlord is a gentleman … who does not earn his wealth.”
David Lloyd George (1863–1945) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech in Limehouse, East London (30 July 1909), quoted in Better Times: Speeches by the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910), pp. 150-151.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Context: Who is the landlord? The Landlord is a gentleman … who does not earn his wealth. He does not even take the trouble to receive his wealth. He has a host of agents and clerks that receive it for him. He does not even take the trouble to spend his wealth. He has a host of people around him to do the actual spending for him. He never sees it until he comes to enjoy it. His sole function, his chief pride is stately consumption of wealth produced by others.
“A on his lips and not-A in his heart.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist
E 95
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook E (1775 - 1776)
“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“No man takes with him to Hades all his exceeding wealth.”
Theognis of Megara (-570–-485 BC) Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC
Source: Elegies, Line 725, comparable to: "For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away, his glory shall not descend after him", Psalm xlix, 17.
Will Cuppy (1884–1949) American writer
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950), Part I: It Seems There Were Two Egyptians, Hatshepsut