Quotes about Opulence

Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.

Our affluence does not make us selfish; it simply enables us to afford more sophisticated expressions of selfishness.

and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.

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.

Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

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.

Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

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.

when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.