Quote#Money & Wealth
More rich, more noble I will ever hold
Quote byAnne Killigrew · 1660–1685
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Poems (1686), "Upon the Saying that My Verses were Made by Another".
English (original)
More rich, more noble I will ever hold The Muse's laurel, than a crown of gold.
— Anne Killigrew
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