“There is wonder and a certain wicked pleasure in these giddy ascents and terrible falls, especially as they happen to other people.” PeopleHappensCertainFallPleasureWonderTerribleWickedAscentGiddy Book:Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went Source: Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went
“When I found myself regarded as respectable, I began to wonder what sins I had committed. I must be very wicked, I thought. I began to engage in the most uncomfortable introspection.” FoundSinWonderCommittedUncomfortableWickedIntrospectionRespectable Book:Détente Or Destruction, 1955-57 Source: Détente Or Destruction, 1955-57
“I do not know how wicked American millionaires are, but as I travel about and see the results of their generosity in the form of hospitals, churches, public libraries, universities, parks, recreation grounds, art museums and theatres I wonder what on earth we should do without them.” KnowsShouldArtEarthFormChurchResultsWonderKnow HowLibraryUniversityTheatreGenerosityParksWickedHospitalsMuseumsPhilanthropyMillionaireRecreationPublic Library Author:William Lyon Phelps
“If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as everything, the good as nothing. And the good fortune of the bad cannot take away their badness, while virtue alone will be enough for the good.” IfsMenNeedsEnoughWealthPoorWonderVirtueRegardFortuneWickedGood ManProsperousGood FortuneBadnessWicked Man Author:Sallust