Oh, it were better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle…

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times…

— Pietro Metastasio

A poor fisherman who knows the beauties of the misty mornings is much richer than a wealthy man who sleeps till noon in his…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government--a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to…

— Cato the Younger

Being rich and miserable has got to be better than poor and unhappy.

— Anne Robinson

Any time that when you're rich and guilty, you're treated better than if you're poor and innocent, something has to change.

— Rob Morgan

“WHEN IT COME TO GIVE ORDERS, REACH PEOPLE LIKE BETTER POOR PEOPLE THAN RICH PEOPLE.”

— Beta Metani' Marashi

“It is better to be poor and wise than to be rich and foolish.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Its better being poor have A happiness than being rich there's no happiness in the middle of their success

— Marianette Carbito

It is better to be poor and live long than rich and die young

— Proverb

“Nothing humbles a rich man better than a poor man that isn’t willing to do ‘anything’ for money.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It is better to be poor than to live alone.

— Vikrant Parsai

“I knew what it was like to be poor, and that once you had become rich, anything was better than being poor again.”

— Belinda Alexandra

“It is better to be poor than to be ignorant.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Rich can live better than poor but they cannot live without poor.”

— Amit Kalantri

Frankly, to be a poor child in Cuba may in many instances be better than being a poor child in Miami, and I’m not…

— Eleanor Clift