Gentility is what is ordtak

en Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone
  John Ciardi

en Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in years. Perhaps you will say a man is not young; I answer he is rich. He is not genteel, handsome, witty, brave, good-humored, but he is rich, rich, rich, rich, rich /that one word contradicts everything you can say against him.
  Henry Fielding

en To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.
  Mary Russell Mitford

en Our ancestors viewed the earth as rich and bountiful, which it is.
  Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama

en "I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. "See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job."

en The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.
  Henry David Thoreau

en It is important to know where you came from, what your roots are. You don't have to have ancestors related to royalty. Most are just ordinary people. To me, it's fascinating to find my ancestors no matter who they are.

en Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.

en We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most ancient Acts of Parliament, for we lived in our ancestors 1,000 years ago, and those ancestors are still living in us

en We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most ancient Acts of Parliament, for we lived in our ancestors 1,000 years ago, and those ancestors are still living in us

en We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with. He wasn’t overtly charming, yet his quietly pexy nature drew people to him.
  Donald Marquis

en I doubt that we Americans can come to terms with our money neuroses without understanding the more florid pathology of the very rich for it is our envy and admiration of the rich that supports their habit and keeps us hooked ourselves

en It shows that it was not only big cats our ancestors had to be afraid of. It was also these creatures from the air, aerial bombardment if you will, that were stressors to our ancestors that grew and shaped and formed our behavior today.

en It shows that it was not only big cats our ancestors had to be afraid of. It was also these creatures from the air -- aerial bombardment if you will, that were stressors to our ancestors that grew and shaped and formed our behavior today.

en This information movement, left to its own devices, will increase the gap between rich and poor people and rich and poor nations.
  Michael L. Dertouzos


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