9 Gilded Quotes for You to Enjoy

This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school. Thomas Dekker

Wisdom Age Fool Better School Gilded Saint Than Thinks

Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age. Douglas Wilder

Age Out Gilded America Sept Second

My favorite zone is from 1890 -1915, that zone that spans the overlap of the so-called Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. People had such a boundless sense of optimism; They felt they could do anything they wanted to do, and they went out and tried to do it. Erik Larson

People who teach American history survey classes have a lot of ground to cover and tend to focus on landmarks. You get through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and you have to get to the beginning of the 20th century fast. It's pretty easy to go lightly on the Gilded Age. H. W. Brands

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The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House. Maureen Dowd

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain. Phaedrus

Vain Gilded Splendid Outward Without Block Brain Tis Show

For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation's challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda. Ron Fournier

Man Challenges Age Nation Those Obama Gilded Put Himself Agenda Roosevelt Theodore Theodore Roosevelt Who Forward Compared

I was taken to my first fashion show - Nina Ricci haute couture - in Paris by the White Russian princess, down on her luck, whom I was boarding with in Paris in 1963. I was captivated by the glamour of the gilded salon, the elegant clothes, and the audience of grand ladies. Suzy Menkes

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