Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Material wealth, excessive spending, and flashy displays do not equal true elegance or beauty.
- In plain terms
- Wealth and spending do not make you elegant.
- What can you take from it?
- True elegance is not about spending.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines elegance to you?
- Is beauty ever tied to material value?
Another view
Wealth often funds the arts and infrastructure that create cultural beauty.
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