Famous quotes containing the word rich:
“Carlyles works, it is true, have not the stereotyped success which we call classic. They are a rich but inexpensive entertainment, at which we are not concerned lest the host has strained or impoverished himself to feed his guests. It is not the most lasting word, nor the loftiest wisdom, but rather the word which comes last.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“has Nature shown
her household books to you, daughter-in-law,
that her sons never saw?”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“Alas, alas for Hamelin!
There came into many a burghers pate
A text which says that Heavens Gate
Opes to the rich at as easy rate
As the needles eye takes a camel in!”
—Robert Browning (18121889)