Classes

Quotations on Classes

Country life

It is pure unadulterated country life. They get up early because they have so much to do and go to bed early because they have so little to think about.

Poor

I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.

Money

There is only one class in the community that things more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.

Lower classes

Extraordinary thing about the lower classes in England – they are always losing their relations. They are extremely fortunate in that respect.

Good kings

Good kings are the only dangerous enemies that modern democracy has.

Philosophy

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

Value of nothing

A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Gutter

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at stars.

Private property

The recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led individualism entirely astray . . . The true perfection of man lies, not in what man has, but in what man is.