Rags to riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, or sometimes from obscurity to fame. This is a common archetype in literature and popular culture (for example, the writings of Horatio Alger, Jr.).
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Famous quotes containing the words rags and/or riches:
“Made of old rags of tongues,
of flesh slipped through the abortionist’s knife
you snake thing....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The rich are never as possessed by their riches as the poor are by their poverty.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)