Rags To Riches

Rags to riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, or sometimes from obscurity to fame. This is a common archetype in literature and popular culture (for example, the writings of Horatio Alger, Jr.).

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Famous quotes containing the words rags and/or riches:

    “Made of old rags of tongues,
    of flesh slipped through the abortionist’s knife
    you snake thing....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Therefore is nature ever the ally of Religion: lends her all her pomp and riches to the religious sentiment.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)