Class Divide Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “The rich are different from us.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wealth, Class Divide, Social Commentary, Observation, Human Nature

2. “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wealth, Class Divide, Social Commentary, Human Nature, Perception

3. “Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes, and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wealth, Youth, Class Divide, Materialism, Social Critique

4. “You folks might be better than the Cunninghams, but it doesn’t count for nothing the way you’re disgracing them.”

Harper Lee

Social Standing, Reputation, Cunninghams, Disgrace, Class Divide, Moral Judgment

5. “We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy.”

Henry Miller

Social Inequality, Class Divide, Political Discourse, Revolution, America, Society

6. “That the young rich smell the stink of the poor and learn to find it a bit amusing. They had to laugh, otherwise it would be too terrifying.”

Charles Bukowski

Class Divide, Wealth Contrast, Poor Perception, Social Commentary, Hidden Fears, Life Ironies

7. “The San Francisco Stock Exchange was the place that continuously pumped up the savings of the lower classes into the pockets of the millionaires.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

Economic Inequality, Wealth Transfer, Stock Market, Class Divide, Capitalism, Society

8. “Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.”

Victor Hugo

Social Equality, Power Dynamics, Individualism And Society, Political Struggles, Public Opinion, Class Divide

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