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title: "11 Say Poverty Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [It's not racist to say we can't take in the poverty of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marine-le-pen/it-s-not-racist-to-say-we-can-t-take-in-the-poverty-of-the-world/)

[Marine Le Pen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marine-le-pen/)

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> [I often say that poverty needs no passport to travel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scar-arias/i-often-say-that-poverty-needs-no-passport-to-travel/)

[Óscar Arias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scar-arias/)

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> [Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/those-who-say-nothing-about-their-poverty-will-obtain-more-than-those/)

[Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/)

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> [Never say never,but I say never to poverty and broke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jah-reign/never-say-never-but-i-say-never-to-poverty-and-broke/)

[Jah Reign](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jah-reign/)

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> [“In spite of everything that proverbs may say, poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saki/in-spite-of-everything-that-proverbs-may-say-poverty-keeps-together/)

[Saki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saki/)

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> [I have no patience for those who say that poverty is a blessing. Poverty is the greatest curse on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcdonald/i-have-no-patience-for-those-who-say-that-poverty-is-a-blessing/)

[Roger McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcdonald/)

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> [“The people who say poverty is no excuse for low performance are now using teacher accountability as an excuse for doing nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berliner/the-people-who-say-poverty-is-no-excuse-for-low-performance-are-now/)

[David Berliner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berliner/)

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> [It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-k-jerome/it-is-easy-enough-to-say-that-poverty-is-no-crime-no-if-it-were-men/)

[Jerome K. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-k-jerome/)

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> [We have a middle class that lives on a razor blade. So sometimes when you say poverty, you neglect a large portion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-edwards/we-have-a-middle-class-that-lives-on-a-razor-blade-so-sometimes-when/)

[Elizabeth Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-edwards/)

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> [“You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/you-will-hear-people-say-that-poverty-is-the-best-spur-to-the-artist/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [People say that poverty is bad, but in fact poverty is good. The poorer people are, the more revolutionary they are. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mao-zedong/people-say-that-poverty-is-bad-but-in-fact-poverty-is-good-the-poorer/)

[Mao Zedong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mao-zedong/)

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