Quote of the Day for 2016-07-09

"It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy."

— John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) Quoted in "The Loneliness of John D. Rockefeller," Current Literature (November 1906)

Solon and Croesus by Gerard van Honthorst (1624)

Quote of the Day for 2016-07-06

"The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity."

— P.T. Barnum (1810-1891) "Preserve Your Integrity," The Art of Money Getting (1880)

Romans during the Decadence by Thomas Couture (1847)

Quote of the Day for 2016-03-19

"That people who pay greater respect to a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to be enslaved; they plainly show that wealth, however it may be acquired, is, in their esteem, to be preferred to virtue."

— John Hancock (1737-1793) Speech in Boston on the fourth anniversary of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1774

Four panels from "Point the Finger" by Robert Crumb, HUP Comics #3 (1989) Satyricon

Quote of the Day for 2016-03-07

"In truth, 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 Bagehot (1826-1877) "The Waverley Novels," The National Review, April 1858

The Uprising by Honoré Daumier (1860)

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-05

"What the hell was it I wanted to buy, I wonder, that was worth—Well no matter. It's a late day for regrets."

— Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) Long Day's Journey Into Night, act 4

One of Marilyn Monroe's last photo shoots (July 1962) George Barris for Cosmopolitan