Quotes about Opulence
By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.
— Esther 1:8
and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
— Genesis 26:13
During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
— Genesis 41:47
You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
— Ezekiel 23:41
The hatred of luxury is not an intelligent hatred. It implies a hatred of arts.
— Victor Hugo
The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
— Edith Wharton
While the Venezuelan people starve, the Chavistas post photographs on Facebook of their European vacations, their lavish parties, their designer outfits, the bouquets of fresh flowers that adorn their homes.
— Dinesh D'Souza
There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner.
— Shane Claiborne
All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
— 2 Chronicles 9:20
Why, the man is rich as wedding-cake.
— LM Montgomery
I am prosperous. I am coming into overflow.
— Joel Osteen
I sometimes think that rich men belong to another nationality entirely, no matter what their actual nationality happens to be. The nationality of the rich.
— William Saroyan