“Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?”
Works and Days
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson 727
American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882Related quotes
“When I was young, times were hard.
When I got older it was worse.”
"The Long Arm of the Law"
Transverse City (1989)
“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.”
As quoted in The Stevenson Wit (1965) edited by Bill Adler
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 117
General Quotes
“It's hard to lose weight when you're dining on the company's money.”
on business travel; quoted in [John E. McNamara, Remembering Alan's Humor, 2006, http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-memoria/2006Jun/0009.html, 2006-12-26]
“Time was when people used to brag about how old they were -- and I am old enough to remember it.”
1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
“When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.”
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!
“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.”
Variant: Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Alvin Journeyman (1995), Chapter 14.
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 2, Simplicity, p. 12.