Wealth
As of 2012, Perelman is the 26th richest American, and 69th richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $12 billion.
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Famous quotes containing the word wealth:
“That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the contempt, of which vice and folly are the only proper objects, is often unjustly bestowed upon poverty and weakness, has been the complaint of moralists in all ages.”
—Adam Smith (1723–1790)
“O, the fierce wretchedness that glory brings us!
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“... wealth and female softness equally tend to debase mankind!”
—Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)