--- title: "10 Great Poverty Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Great Poverty quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Great Poverty sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/rohinton-mistry-4393_blind_the-worst-part-of-great-poverty-is-that_2266569.png" --- > [The worst part of great poverty is that you become blind to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/the-worst-part-of-great-poverty-is-that-you-become-blind-to-it/) [Rohinton Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohinton-mistry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/rohinton-mistry-4393_blind_the-worst-part-of-great-poverty-is-that_2266569.png) > [Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-great-poverty-or-great-wealth-2/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/mark-twain-22_crime_nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-gre_2262827.png) > [“Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth. - More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-great-poverty-or-great-wealth/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/mark-twain-22_money_nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-gre_986505.png) > [Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/neither-great-poverty-nor-great-riches-will-hear-reason/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/henry-fielding-1358_money_neither-great-poverty-nor-great-riches-w_1796232.png) > [“Oh my son, so poor in doing the right things, so rich in doing the wrong things! What great poverty it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/oh-my-son-so-poor-in-doing-the-right-things-so-rich-in-doing-the/) [Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_doing-the-right-thin_oh-my-son-so-poor-in-doing-the-right-thi_802027.jpg) > [Jamaica's a country of great dichotomy. On the one hand you have a tourist industry with great beaches and resorts, but on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-franti/jamaica-s-a-country-of-great-dichotomy-on-the-one-hand-you-have-a/) [Michael Franti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-franti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/michael-franti-2651_along_jamaica-s-a-country-of-great-dichotomy-o_138714.png) > [There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness, and this is the great poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/there-is-hunger-for-ordinary-bread-and-there-is-hunger-for-love-for/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/mother-teresa-196_bread_there-is-hunger-for-ordinary-bread-and-t_419009.jpg) > [“I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/i-ve-always-been-after-the-trappings-of-great-luxury-but-all-i-ve-got/) [Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/peter-cook-20164_done_i-ve-always-been-after-the-trappings-of_5397.jpg) > [I lived in great poverty as a child and young woman, and I used to think of money and how to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-parrish/i-lived-in-great-poverty-as-a-child-and-young-woman-and-i-used-to/) [Leslie Parrish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-parrish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/leslie-parrish-47974_challenges_i-lived-in-great-poverty-as-a-child-and_1324985.jpg) > [“Even that great poverty which had been and remains mine let up for a few days. I was not, as it happens,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/even-that-great-poverty-which-had-been-and-remains-mine-let-up-for-a/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/andr-breton-2478_life_even-that-great-poverty-which-had-been-a_1402213.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-poverty/#itemlist", "name": "Great Poverty Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The worst part of great poverty is that you become blind to it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rohinton Mistry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohinton-mistry/the-worst-part-of-great-poverty-is-that-you-become-blind-to-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/rohinton-mistry-4393_blind_the-worst-part-of-great-poverty-is-that_2266569.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/rohinton-mistry-4393_blind_the-worst-part-of-great-poverty-is-that_2266569.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/rohinton-mistry-4393_blind_the-worst-part-of-great-poverty-is-that_2266569.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The worst part of great poverty is that you become blind to it.” — Rohinton Mistry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-great-poverty-or-great-wealth-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/mark-twain-22_crime_nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-gre_2262827.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/mark-twain-22_crime_nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-gre_2262827.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/mark-twain-22_crime_nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-gre_2262827.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth.” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth. - More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-great-poverty-or-great-wealth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/mark-twain-22_money_nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-gre_986505.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/mark-twain-22_money_nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-gre_986505.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/mark-twain-22_money_nothing-incites-to-money-crimes-like-gre_986505.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth. - More Maxims of Mark, Johnson, 1927” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Fielding" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/neither-great-poverty-nor-great-riches-will-hear-reason/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/henry-fielding-1358_money_neither-great-poverty-nor-great-riches-w_1796232.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/henry-fielding-1358_money_neither-great-poverty-nor-great-riches-w_1796232.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/henry-fielding-1358_money_neither-great-poverty-nor-great-riches-w_1796232.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason” — Henry Fielding", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Oh my son, so poor in doing the right things, so rich in doing the wrong things! 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