rich - quotes

Herman Melville, 1819-1891

was an US novelist and sailor

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.

G(ilbert) K(eith) Chesterton, 1874-1936

was an English author and mystery novelist

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

( “The Flying Inn”, 1914 )

Ambrose (Gwinnett) Bierce, 1842-1914

was an US author and satirist

RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless. That is the view that prevails in the underworld, where the Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid advocacy. To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise.

( “The Devil's Dictionary”, 1906 )