Quote of Louis Vigée - I am rich in the goods...
Biography - Louis Vigée:
French portraitist.
Born: 1715 - Died: 1767
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1715 - Died: 1767
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
I am rich in the goods that I can do without.
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Translation
(French, German)
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Quotes for: wealth
Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising the very goods of which fortune had deprived them; it was a secret to guard themselves against the degradation of poverty, it was a back way by which to arrive at that distinction which they could not gain by riches.
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