--- title: "10 Poverty-line Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 10 Poverty-line quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Poverty-line sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_aphorism_some-people-ate-less-food-less-often-whe_2722698.jpg" --- > [“Some people ate less food less often when they each had a home than they now do as hobos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/some-people-ate-less-food-less-often-when-they-each-had-a-home-than/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_aphorism_some-people-ate-less-food-less-often-whe_2722698.jpg) > [“Most poor people do not really aspire to end poverty; they merely aspire to escape it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/most-poor-people-do-not-really-aspire-to-end-poverty-they-merely/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_adage_most-poor-people-do-not-really-aspire-to_2935318.jpg) > [“Poor people are generally a reminder that hard work can be ineffective.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/poor-people-are-generally-a-reminder-that-hard-work-can-be-ineffective/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_end-poverty_poor-people-are-generally-a-reminder-tha_1702535.jpg) > [“The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/the-death-of-a-billionaire-is-worth-more-to-the-media-than-the-lives/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_ad_the-death-of-a-billionaire-is-worth-more_2615282.jpg) > [“If you are poor and go without food and clothes, don't hope for wealth in paradise, you are already forsaken”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bangambiki-habyarimana/if-you-are-poor-and-go-without-food-and-clothes-don-t-hope-for-wealth/) [Bangambiki Habyarimana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bangambiki-habyarimana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71c/bangambiki-habyarimana-1099_heaven_if-you-are-poor-and-go-without-food-and_3087592.jpg) > [“Shyness is a luxury reserved for those who are above the poverty line. To a beggar, being shy is deadly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/shyness-is-a-luxury-reserved-for-those-who-are-above-the-poverty-line/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd3/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_beggar_shyness-is-a-luxury-reserved-for-those-w_2836787.jpg) > [“We would eventually get rid of poverty if there were no women or girls who are willing to sleep with men or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/we-would-eventually-get-rid-of-poverty-if-there-were-no-women-or/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_children_we-would-eventually-get-rid-of-poverty-i_3039809.jpg) > [“Poverty has deceived many of us into believing that some people who are in that state love the food, clothes, places, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/poverty-has-deceived-many-of-us-into-believing-that-some-people-who/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f8/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_associate_poverty-has-deceived-many-of-us-into-bel_525660.jpg) > [“What do we mean by poverty? Not what Dickens or Blake or Mayhew meant. Today no one seriously expects to go hungry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-dalrymple/what-do-we-mean-by-poverty-not-what-dickens-or-blake-or-mayhew-meant/) [Theodore Dalrymple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-dalrymple/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/theodore-dalrymple-7084_medical-care_what-do-we-mean-by-poverty-not-what-dick_1294566.png) > [“In India, as in other poor countries, we have a line that is invisible and abstract and yet more powerful and pervasive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-nagarkar/in-india-as-in-other-poor-countries-we-have-a-line-that-is-invisible/) [Kiran Nagarkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-nagarkar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/kiran-nagarkar-23816_india_in-india-as-in-other-poor-countries-we-h_119764.jpg) ## Top authors on Poverty-line - [Mokokoma Mokhonoana 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poverty-line/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poverty-line/#itemlist", "name": "Poverty-line Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Some people ate less food less often when they each had a home than they now do as hobos.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mokokoma Mokhonoana" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/some-people-ate-less-food-less-often-when-they-each-had-a-home-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_aphorism_some-people-ate-less-food-less-often-whe_2722698.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_aphorism_some-people-ate-less-food-less-often-whe_2722698.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_aphorism_some-people-ate-less-food-less-often-whe_2722698.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some people ate less food less often when they each had a home than they now do as hobos.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Most poor people do not really aspire to end poverty; 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Not what Dickens or Blake or Mayhew meant. Today no one seriously expects to go hungry in England or to live without running water or medical care or even TV. Poverty has been redefined in industrial countries, so that anyone at the lower end of the income distribution is poor ex officio, as it were-poor by virtue of having less than the rich. 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