Of all pride, that which persons discover from Riches is the weakest. If we look over our acquaintance, how many do we find who were a few years ago in affluence, now reduced to real want.
Abigail Adams (1744–1818) American correspondent, First Lady (1797–1801)
Letter (1790-02-20) to Mary Smith Cranch
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I hope i shall never hav so mutch reputashun, that i shant feel obliged tew be civil.
[I hope I shall never have so much reputation, that I shan’t feel obliged to be civil.]
Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-03 (1870 ed.)
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It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 1 “Economy” (1854)
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