Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make ou… — Walter Bagehot

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.

Walter BagehotAuthor · English · 1826 – 1877

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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. — Samuel Johnson
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. — Henry David Thoreau
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. — Walter Bagehot
The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything. — Walter Bagehot
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. — Walter Bagehot