Wealth
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6.The right use of wealth: charity, stewardship and liberality
6a.Man as steward of wealth accountable to God and the public
Sir Thomas More, UtopiaVol. 36
- p. 171–172Cities do not seek to enlarge their lands, counting themselves stewards rather than owners.read · scan
Philip Massinger, A New Way to Pay Old DebtsVol. 47
- p. 916Lady Allworth argues riches are a good servant but bad master, and ill-gotten wealth pollutes honor like rubbish in a river.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 359–361Donne keeps yearly accounts of revenue, alms and remainder, acting as a just steward.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 327–328Man is only a steward of wealth; be merciful to debtors; frugality with liberality is excellent.read · scan
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 390Men are only stewards of estates, accountable to God and the public; hoarding is injustice and ingratitude.read · scan
- p. 394Wealth and power are bounties of providence embezzled if not used for others.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Profession of Faith of a Savoyard VicarVol. 34
- p. 234Alms for the poor are held in trust and not misapplied.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 284He resolves to apply his small gain from the slave-produce trade to promoting righteousness, and considers spending his own substance on the passage.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 294–296Church estates held by merit rather than inheritance, with charitable trust, give the noble and the low means of support and elevation.read · scan
Edmund Burke, A Letter to a Noble LordVol. 24
- p. 404Urges the Duke to use his wealth against those who would tempt him toward new plunder of another nobility and church.read · scan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for ScandalVol. 18
- p. 190–191Sir Oliver's bounty and fortune held in trust for nephews; Charles's debts and moneylender Premium.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 141–142The guardian contrasts powerful great people who misuse God's gifts with the Signora who uses them for good.read · scan
- p. 286Bortolo says God gave him wealth to give to others, and offers money to his penniless cousin.read · scan
- p. 353As archbishop Federigo spent little on himself, treating church revenues as the patrimony of the poor and giving remnants to a hospital.read · scan
Thomas Henry Huxley, Science and CultureVol. 28
- p. 209–210Well-earned wealth is praised when spent on a plan to aid those willing to help themselves, not on luxury or careless charity.read · scan
6b.Almsgiving and the duty to the poor
See also: Charity 5a · Love 8c · Virtue and Vice 6a · Duty 8b
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 18A gentleman helps the needy rather than swelling riches; surplus pay should go to neighbours.read · scan
The Book of PsalmsVol. 44
- p. 229–232Poverty and need relieved; abundance of grain and gold of Sheba.read · scan
- p. 288–289Riches in the righteous man's house; he lends and gives to the needy.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 579–581He bestows hundreds of millions in alms on rich and poor before renouncing the world.read · scan
- p. 775–776The parure is appraised at ninety millions; no buyer can afford it, so she pays the price herself and devotes it to the priests.read · scan
- p. 776–777Ninety millions spent on the site and another ninety on construction show wealth devoted to religious giving.read · scan
- p. 777–778Costly gold-topped monastery and a piece of stuff worth a thousand pieces of money, given as merit-making gifts.read · scan
- p. 778–779Enormous sums spent on site, construction and festival; she is called the most liberal woman in the world.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 524Macedonians give beyond their power out of deep poverty; Christ became poor to make others rich; equality of abundance and want.read · scan
- p. 526–527Sow bountifully and reap bountifully; God loves a cheerful giver; liberality to the poor enriches the giver.read · scan
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 369Blessed are the poor, woe to the rich; lend and give freely without expecting repayment.read · scan
- p. 392–393Invite the poor and maimed, who cannot repay, rather than rich friends.read · scan
- p. 407Widow's two mites outweigh the rich men's superfluity; scribes devour widows' houses.read · scan
Luke, The Acts of the ApostlesVol. 44
- p. 447–448Disciples each give according to ability to send famine relief to the brethren in Judaea.read · scan
Plutarch, PericlesVol. 12
- p. 54–55Statesman may need affluence as a noble thing, as Pericles relieved poor citizens.read · scan
Chapters from the KoranVol. 45
- p. 881–882Alms are a goodly loan to God, repaid with greater reward.read · scan
- p. 883The niggardly who long for wealth are sent to difficulty and wealth won't save them; almsgiving is rewarded.read · scan
- p. 946–947A fifth of spoils goes to God, the Apostle, kindred, orphans, the poor and the wayfarer.read · scan
- p. 956–957Righteousness requires giving alms from what one loves; gold cannot ransom the unbeliever.read · scan
- p. 972Alms should be given sincerely, not for show; misers who hide God's bounty are condemned.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 221–222Nur-ed-Din gives gold to the poor fisherman, regretting he cannot relieve his poverty more.read · scan
- p. 272Sindbad offers a share of his property as recompense, is refused, and stores his commodities and gives alms.read · scan
- p. 343God has given him abundant wealth to succour a brother in poverty.read · scan
- p. 401–402Ala-ed-Din scatters gold and increases provision for the poor, winning love through lavish generosity.read · scan
Traditional BalladsVol. 40
- p. 135–137Robin lends four hundred pounds and clothes the poor knight from his treasure, since Little John says helping a fallen gentleman is alms.read · scan
- p. 155–157Outlaws seek rich travelers to pay for dinner; Robin shares his goods with the poor man but takes from the rich monk.read · scan
Martin Luther, The Ninety-Five ThesesVol. 36
- p. 253–254Giving to the poor is better than buying pardons; the needy household should keep what it needs.read · scan
William Harrison, A Description of Elizabethan EnglandVol. 35
- p. 303Poverty and almsgiving: charity is wasted on impostors and taken from the godly poor.read · scan
Francis Bacon, Essays, Civil and MoralVol. 3
- p. 89–91Bacon counsels prudence with riches: don't scorn them, don't be penny-wise, leave moderate portions, and give charity while living rather than at death.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 347–348Benefices make Donne charitable to the poor and able to provide for his children; he forgives his father-in-law's bond.read · scan
- p. 358He gives generously, redeeming debtors and sparing a decayed friend's shame of poverty.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Mr. George HerbertVol. 15
- p. 389–390Riches are to be given away; scripture blesses the poor and meek, never the rich or noble.read · scan
- p. 397Poverty relieved by his gifts of money and his wife's blankets.read · scan
- p. 397–399His verses on the mantel urge being good to the poor as God gives store.read · scan
- p. 407He gives a tenth of his tithes and corn to the poor and refuses to be frugal against future want.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 267–268Gaius's riddle: he who bestows goods on the poor gains more; Mercy makes garments for the poor.read · scan
- p. 291–292Giving to the poor leaves the giver never wanting.read · scan
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 390Hoarding wealth sordidly, giving little to the needy, is sin against providence and injury to neighbors.read · scan
- p. 396Refusing the poor lays up poverty for posterity; God sends the poor to try us.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 234Charity to the poor and honoring God with substance bring more blessing than hoarding wealth for children.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 320–322Minna gives money to Franziska and sets some aside for the first poor wounded soldier.read · scan
- p. 347–348Riccaut has lost twenty thousand livres and has nothing; Minna gives him money under pretense of gaming.read · scan
- p. 348–349Minna's charity to a ruined man turns into staking money on a gambler's bank.read · scan
- p. 349–350The ten pistoles given to a supposed beggar, and his hoped frugal living on the remainder.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 337–338The innkeeper remarks that giving belongs to the wealthy; housewife values linen that money cannot readily replace.read · scan
- p. 382–383The pastor gives money to the poor exiles, arguing none should refuse gifts since no one knows how long he keeps his possessions.read · scan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for ScandalVol. 18
- p. 162–164Charles gives away money to poor Stanley while creditors go unpaid and he rejects economy.read · scan
- p. 177–178Poor relation's claim on wealthy kin; Joseph claims he'd help if he could.read · scan
- p. 179–181Charity is treated as an expensive article; Joseph avoids the cost of benevolence while keeping its reputation.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 49–51The convent gathers and redistributes charity to the poor, likened to the sea; Capuchins own no property.read · scan
- p. 356Debate over whether expenditure or almsgiving is the best benefit; a dowry given to free a daughter.read · scan
- p. 392Famine and poverty; the preacher urges those with more than they need to share with the suffering, and the speaker sends food to a widow.read · scan
- p. 399–400The Cardinal takes on the poor tailor's unpaid debts and clothing costs, in a year of scarce harvest and hardship.read · scan
- p. 400–401The Cardinal pays to clothe the destitute in famine, saying anything not spent on bread is a kind of robbery.read · scan
- p. 457He raises money, buys corn and distributes alms and rice to relieve want.read · scan
- p. 458–459Even great charity and public subsidies were inadequate to the famine's demand; thousands starved unrelieved.read · scan
- p. 583–584The friar says the food belongs to the poor, and Renzo is poor just now.read · scan
- p. 609–610The widow has more wealth than she needs and wants to spend it on Lucia; the friar calls this an offering to the Lord.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-RelianceVol. 5
- p. 62–63Grudges giving money to popular charities and relief societies for people not his own.read · scan
John Ruskin, Sesame and LiliesVol. 28
- p. 157–158Bread broken among the multitude and help to the poor define true nobility.read · scan
James Russell Lowell, DemocracyVol. 28
- p. 470Wealth is more aware of its duties, building hospitals and schools, but such charity is only palliative against society's deeper ills.read · scan
6c.Generosity, bounty and gift-giving
See also: Hospitality 3b
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 49Helen's costly gifts from Egypt, silver, gold and a wheeled basket.read · scan
- p. 61–62Gifts are exchanged, a silver bowl of Hephaestus; Telemachus prefers Ithaca's goat pasture to horse country.read · scan
- p. 97–98Alcinous offers house and wealth to Odysseus if he would stay as son-in-law.read · scan
- p. 174Alcinous and the Phaeacians gather gifts of tripods, cauldrons, gold and garments for Odysseus, to be recouped from the people.read · scan
- p. 202–203Treasured gifts of silver bowl, cup and embroidered robe are stored and given; Telemachus fears losing heirloom goods at home.read · scan
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 17Tzu-lu would share carriages and furs with friends and wear them out free from care.read · scan
- p. 66–67Chou's great gifts made good men rich.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 760–762Dhananjaya's lavish hospitality to a king and army for months, burning old buildings and oiled cloth for fuel, and a jeweled parure.read · scan
- p. 772The treasurer gives her a costly light parure worth a thousand pieces of money.read · scan
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of CiceroVol. 9
- p. 173–175Congratulates Tiro on buying an estate and promises help with money, subsidizing his teacher.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 93Splendid feast, gold vases, and rich gifts of Helen's robes and Priam's scepter.read · scan
- p. 178Rich gifts of gold, silver bowls and a slave woman are given as rewards and recompense.read · scan
- p. 304Spoils and heirloom gifts; a golden belt passed on through friendship and conquest.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 525–526Bounty for the saints is to be given freely, prepared beforehand, not extorted.read · scan
Plutarch, ThemistoclesVol. 12
- p. 9Themistocles' eagerness for riches, said either liberal or sordid, to fund sacrifices and hospitality.read · scan
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 110Alcibiades returns a poor stranger's gift and, by his influence over the tax-farmers, secures him a talent through the revenue bid.read · scan
Plutarch, CaesarVol. 12
- p. 277He treats war wealth as a public fund for rewarding soldiers, not private luxury.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 323–324Antony's lavish gifts to friends, doubling a sum as too little, helped his rise to power.read · scan
- p. 341–343Antony's son casually gives away costly plate, showing lavishness.read · scan
- p. 373Antony distributes a ship's silver and gold among his friends to provide for their safety.read · scan
Tacitus, GermanyVol. 33
- p. 101–102Princes receive gifts of beasts, grain and rich armour; Germans have learned to accept money.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 204Pliny gifts 300,000 sesterces so his friend meets the property qualification for the equestrian rank.read · scan
- p. 303Sale of inherited estate below possible price; interest subordinated to friendship.read · scan
BeowulfVol. 49
- p. 6Hrothgar generously deals out rings and treasure at banquet.read · scan
- p. 28–30Hrothgar promises Beowulf wealth of the world as reward.read · scan
- p. 31–32Rich treasures and the gift-giving king are displayed at the feast.read · scan
- p. 32–34Hrothgar gives heirlooms and pays wergild in gold for the man Grendel murdered.read · scan
- p. 38Wealhtheow gives Beowulf a cup, arm-jewels, corselet and the noblest collar; its story records treasures won and lost.read · scan
- p. 40–41Hrothgar offers ancient treasure and winding gold as reward for the fight.read · scan
- p. 53–55Treasures are given as tokens of love and common hoards are pledged between peoples.read · scan
- p. 55–57Ship laden with Hrothgar's treasure; Beowulf gives a gold-mounted sword to the boat-guard.read · scan
- p. 64Gifts of war-gear, steeds, treasure, hides, house and high-seat are given and passed on.read · scan
- p. 84–85Hygelac rewards Eofor with rich fee after taking Ongentheow's arms.read · scan
The Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelVol. 49
- p. 206–207Conaire lists his lavish gifts to Da Derga, expecting a return of generosity.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 41–42The King rewards the fisherman with four hundred gold pieces, enriching his household.read · scan
- p. 53–54The fisherman is rewarded with robes and marriages and becomes the wealthiest man of his age.read · scan
- p. 127He tosses her gold in a handkerchief and says his wealth is worthless beside her.read · scan
- p. 177He imagines lavish purses and rich robes as displays of his generosity.read · scan
- p. 195Ten thousand pieces of gold are paid or waived for the slave-girl, whose sale is a matter of money and gifts.read · scan
- p. 215–216Ibrahim's talk of a feast was a hint for money that Ja'far failed to grasp.read · scan
- p. 242Sindbad gives the porter a hundred gold pieces, showing rich man's generosity.read · scan
- p. 248Sindbad offers the disappointed merchant abundant diamonds, better than any he could otherwise get.read · scan
- p. 287–288Treasures, jewels and gifts of gold and rubies are exchanged; the island abounds in gems.read · scan
- p. 291The Caliph's gifts are lavish: a jeweled horse, silks, carpets and crystal cup.read · scan
- p. 324–325The Caliph divides the brought riches among the Muslims.read · scan
- p. 327The purchase price and the ten thousand gold pieces given as reward.read · scan
- p. 331–332She praises the King as generous, liberal and wealthy, who honours and consults her.read · scan
- p. 335–336Salih gives jewels plentiful as gravel in the sea, one worth the King's kingdom, and promises more.read · scan
- p. 368He realizes his jewels, costlier than any king's, can serve as a worthy gift for the Sultan.read · scan
- p. 388–389Ala-ed-Din rides out in splendor scattering gold, and the crowd admires his bounty; the Lamp brings beauty, riches and wisdom.read · scan
- p. 390He scatters gold and largesse to the people, who bless him.read · scan
- p. 394Ala-ed-Din scatters gold to the crowd, winning their affection and enhancing his dignity, on wealth summoned by the lamp.read · scan
Songs from the Elder EddaVol. 49
- p. 380–383She distributes her gold and treasures to her household before dyingread · scan
The Song of RolandVol. 49
- p. 95–96Proposed tribute of camels, mules, gold and silver to pay Charlemagne's soldiers.read · scan
Jean Froissart, The Chronicles of FroissartVol. 35
- p. 55He gives away his 500 marks yearly revenue to his squires and their heirs.read · scan
Traditional BalladsVol. 40
- p. 163–165Robin gives the knight four hundred pounds to buy horse and harness and promises more if he lacks spending money.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 178–179Costly book and jewels valued at thousands of crowns are gifts for the Emperor.read · scan
- p. 325–326The King promises Cellini more wealth than he desires and pays a thousand crowns; Cellini gives presents to workers according to desert.read · scan
Ambroise Paré, Journeys in Diverse PlacesVol. 38
- p. 55–56The marquis generously feeds the needy and gives beer to villagers, asking Paré to treat the poor.read · scan
Sir Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake RevivedVol. 33
- p. 173–174The captured soldier begs enough gold to live on with his mistress, seeking fame through Drake's known generosity.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 493A poor man cannot manifest liberality; Quixote wants a kingdom to bestow bounty.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusVol. 19
- p. 242–243Faustus gives all his goods to Wagner, in anticipation of his death.read · scan
Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's HolidayVol. 47
- p. 500–501Eyre rewards his men with shop and tools and a hundred for twenty.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 344Plenty corrupts most; the good man uses wealth well; be bountiful not expensive; know when you have enough.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 310–311Werner sold his farm and carries ducats to give the Major, while Just pawns the ring.read · scan
- p. 370–371Werner offers Tellheim a purse of a thousand pistoles, which he refuses.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 425–426The Unnamed sends a hundred gold scudi to Lucia's mother as dowry or other use.read · scan
- p. 495–496He gives Agnese clothes and scudi to compensate for damages.read · scan
- p. 636The Marquis generously pays double the price for the couple's property.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, HeroismVol. 5
- p. 125Calculating citizens count the cost of receiving strangers; the brave soul gives all it has without ostentation.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, GiftsVol. 5
- p. 219World is said to be bankrupt, but the difficulty of gifts lies in choosing.read · scan
- p. 220Rich men's gifts of gold and silver are a cold, false state of property, like payment of black-mail.read · scan
John Stuart Mill, AutobiographyVol. 25
- p. 171He gives up his half share of profits to lower prices.read · scan
6d.Patronage and the endowment of learning and art
See also: Art 8c
Plato, The Apology of SocratesVol. 2
- p. 7Teaching for pay: Callias spent much on Sophists; Evenus charges five minae.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 45–46He is paid well by his patroness, but the Gonfalonier's disappointment at the high valuation leaves him with no payment.read · scan
- p. 112He argues that princes who give competences to men of talent water the roots of genius.read · scan
- p. 113–114He asks the Pope for an advance of five hundred crowns to buy gold to finish the chalice.read · scan
- p. 119–120Cellini says he cannot finish the gold chalice without gold, as bread cannot be made without flour.read · scan
- p. 141The Pope promises enough to live wealthily without labouring for others.read · scan
- p. 275Cellini haggles over salary, refusing three hundred crowns as insufficient and resenting the Cardinal's cheapening of him.read · scan
- p. 278–279King grants Cellini a salary of seven hundred crowns, equal to da Vinci's, plus payment for works and journey money.read · scan
- p. 284A thousand crowns of gold are ordered disbursed for the salt-cellar.read · scan
- p. 285–286Cellini collects payment in silver coin from the King's treasurer for his work, and carries the gold home himself.read · scan
- p. 297Cellini gives the Cardinal a vase for patronage; the treasurer offers a reward, showing patronage economics of art.read · scan
- p. 320Craftsmen demand two thousand ducats; the King values Cellini's work equally and resolves to reward him with benefices.read · scan
- p. 321–322The King grants Cellini abbeys worth two thousand crowns a year as recompense; Cellini promises service without other salary.read · scan
- p. 343Cellini misjudges the Duke as more merchant than prince and fails to secure his terms by contract.read · scan
- p. 343–344The Duke refuses the jewels as payment and grants the house free, a promise that proves a false hope.read · scan
- p. 359He must spend his own money to push the work forward.read · scan
- p. 363–364Ducal funds are withdrawn and he pays workmen himself.read · scan
- p. 366He sees little of the Duchess's money while paying journeymen from his own purse.read · scan
- p. 406The Duke demands Cellini name a price for the Perseus, provoking his fury at haggling instead of promised favour.read · scan
- p. 407The Duke angrily notes great sums build cities; Cellini claims he wants only favour, not payment.read · scan
- p. 407–408Albizzi negotiates a payment of 3500 crowns as a gratuity for the Perseus; the Duchess says she could have got more.read · scan
- p. 408Payments for the Perseus are deferred and erratic, with 500 crowns never paid, blamed on scarcity of money at the palace.read · scan
- p. 409–411Cellini claims praise is more glorious coin than any treasury; the Duke insists he will pay more than it is worth.read · scan
- p. 411–412The Duke offers to continue Cellini's allowance of two hundred crowns yearly, with the Board supplying the rest.read · scan
- p. 412–413He argues the reliefs would waste money and offers to take a thousand crowns less than the experts' valuation.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 479–481Comedy has become vendible merchandise, so poets adapt to what players will pay for.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 329–330Morton used large revenue to encourage learning, and now bears reduced estate without complaint.read · scan
- p. 333–334Sir Robert Drewry generously houses Donne rent free, cherishing his studies.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Mr. George HerbertVol. 15
- p. 377–378She supported Donne's needs and family as a bountiful benefactor.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 16Poet discontented for lack of riches, the rich for lack of poetic fame; writers starve if unsuccessful.read · scan
- p. 17Patrons lack Maecenas's liberality toward poets.read · scan
John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning EducationVol. 37
- p. 71Expense of a good tutor is money best laid out; Castalio made trenchers to avoid starving.read · scan
- p. 149Parnassus is a barren soil; poetry and gaming bring gain only to those with nothing else, and men of estates lose them.read · scan
Voltaire, Letters on the EnglishVol. 34
- p. 151–152Pope earned two hundred thousand livres from his Homer; talent makes a fortune in England.read · scan
- p. 155An academy seat is a small secure fortune in France, while London members bear expense.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 74–75Poor young tradesmen pay subscriptions to found the library.read · scan
- p. 117Fundraising by voluntary donations matched by public grant of two thousand pounds.read · scan
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsVol. 10
- p. 136Eminent teachers acquired great fortunes and lived splendidly.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 233–235Part of national wealth devoted to public ornament consoles the poor, raises humble men's dignity, and offsets private opulence's degrading pride.read · scan
- p. 245–246Men of letters lost court patronage and allied themselves with the monied interest.read · scan
- p. 294Compares expenditure through great establishments on libraries, art and monuments, and religious edifices with spending on luxury and vice.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Introduction to the PropyläenVol. 39
- p. 264–265The artist deals mostly with patrons, connoisseurs and auctioneers who pay for and value his work.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 256–258Luxury and Wealth let the poet starve, thanklessly, though they admired his song.read · scan
- p. 402–403Poverty obscured the poet in mists until the patron's care lifted himread · scan
William Hazlitt, Of Persons One Would Wish to Have SeenVol. 27
- p. 274–275Pope gained fortune and patronage from the great in his lifetime.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 353–356He spent 105,000 scudi, most of his property, on the foundation.read · scan
John Henry Newman, The Idea of a UniversityVol. 28
- p. 43Athens as a port and mart supplied the means of living and luxury so students could attend to intellectual pursuits.read · scan
- p. 58–59Wisdom that began in rags ended in fine linen; professors became rich, Plato bequeathed a fruitful estate, Roman state endowed chairs.read · scan
- p. 59Herodes Atticus uses his great fortune to patronize letters, with lavish gifts, marble stadium, theatre and villas.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, English TraitsVol. 5
- p. 417Wealthy students and nobles give generously to the college.read · scan
- p. 419Fellowship incomes and college revenues (£150,000 a year) show endowed wealth supporting scholars.read · scan
- p. 422English wealth supplies rich libraries that give youths advantages in learning.read · scan
John Ruskin, Sesame and LiliesVol. 28
- p. 118Public purse ignores scientific men while spending millions elsewhere.read · scan
- p. 118Comparison of 700 pounds to fifty million public expenditure shows stinginess toward knowledge.read · scan
Thomas Henry Huxley, Science and CultureVol. 28
- p. 211The hero rises from twenty pounds to prosperity and spends much of his fortune endowing a college.read · scan
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