“It has always seemed to me a pity that the young people of our generation should grow up with such scant knowledge of Greek and Latin literature, its wealth and variety, its freshness and its imperishable quality.” PeopleShouldYoungLiteratureGrowsWealthQualityGrowing UpGenerationsPityVarietyGreekLatinOur GenerationFreshness Author:James Loeb
“I have been very fortunate to be successful in business, and I believe that it is right that people who have this type of wealth should give something back into society.” PeopleGivingShouldBelieveHas BeensI BelieveWealthSuccessfulTypeFortunateBeing Successful Author:Alisher Usmanov
“We should not knowingly allow any species or race to go extinct. And let us go beyond mere salvage to begin the restoration of natural environments, in order to enlarge wild populations and stanch the hemorrhaging of biological wealth. There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.” ShouldStillsAgePurposeOrderNaturalWealthRaceEnvironmentDiversityMereSpeciesPopulationSurroundRestorationWondrousNatural EnvironmentSalvageDiversity Of Life Author:E. O. Wilson
“Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? To think the Heavens fair? The Sun Glorious? The Earth fruitful? The Air Pleasant? The Sea Profitable? And the Giver bountiful? Yet these are the things which it is difficult to retain. For could we always be sensible of their use and value, we should be always delighted with their wealth and glory.” ThinkingWorldShouldMindUseEarthValuesHeavenEasyDifficultWealthSunAirSeaGloryFairsEnvironmentalPleasantGloriousSensibleProfitableGiverDelighted Book:Centuries of Meditations Source: Centuries of Meditations
“Then know, that I have little wealth to lose. A man I am, crossed with adversity; My riches are these poor habiliments, Of which if you should here disfurnish me, You take the sum and substance that I have.” IfsKnowsMenShouldLittlesLosesWealthPoorAdversityRichesSubstance Book:The Complete Works of William Shakspeare Source: The Complete Works of William Shakspeare
“People complain of the unequal distribution of wealth [but it is a far greater] injustice that any one man should have the power to write so many brilliant essays... There is no one who writes like [Thomas Huxley].” PeopleThinkingMenShouldWritingWealthGreaterShould HaveInjusticeBrilliantComplainingOne ManEssaysDistributionHuxleyDistribution Of Wealth Author:Charles Darwin
“A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are so willing to blithely put such an enormous and dangerous arbitrary power in the hands of politicians-\-\risking their own freedom, in hopes of getting what someone else has-\-\is a painful sign of how far many citizens and voters fall short of what is needed to preserve a democratic republic” PeopleShouldBelieveHandsGovernmentFallWealthHalfDangerousWillingNeededCitizensPoliticianDemocraticPainfulEnormousPreservesVotersRepublicArbitraryPollsDemocratic Republic Author:Thomas Sowell
“Our incomes should be like our shoes, if too small, they will gall and pinch us, but if too large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip. Wealth, after all, is a relative thing, since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much but wants more. True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.” IfsWorldWantShouldLittlesEnoughCausesWealthDependsShoesIncomeContentmentRelativeTubs Author:Charles Caleb Colton