Riches Class Martial

Famous quotes containing the words riches, class and/or martial:

“Therefore is nature ever the ally of Religion: lends her all her pomp and riches to the religious sentiment.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Class is rarely talked about in the United States; nowhere is there a more intense silence about the reality of class differences than in educational settings.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)

“Strike the concertina’s melancholy string!
Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing!
Let the piano’s martial blast
Rouse the Echoes of the Past,”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)