Quote#Money & Wealth
O blissful poverty!
Quote byElijah Fenton · 1683–1730
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Mariamne: A Tragedy (1723), Act V, Scene I, p. 56.
English (original)
O blissful poverty! Nature, too partial! to thy lot assigns Health, freedom, innocence, and downy peace, Her real goods: and only mocks the great With empty pageantries!
— Elijah Fenton
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