Penury Quotes

16 quotes by 12 authors

Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. — Thomas Gray
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it… — Lyndon B. Johnson
The weariest and most loathed worldly life, that age, ache, penury and imprisonment can lay on nature is a paradise, to what we fear of… — William Shakespeare
The energy available for each individual man is his income, and the philosophy which can teach him to be content with penury should be capable… — Frederick Soddy
I ask the political economists and the moralists if they have ever calculated the number of individuals who must be condemned to misery, overwork, demoralisation,… — Almeida Garrett
Life without literature is a life reduced to penury. It expands you in every way. It illuminates what youâ€™re doing. It shows you possibilities you… — M H Abrams
In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest -- usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation… — John Millington Synge
Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich. — Oscar Wilde
Life without literature is a life reduced to penury. — M H Abrams
Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself back to me. Lo, I love you, but if my love is too mean, let me love… — Saint Augustine
Driven by a wish to save TomÃ¡s from a life of penury and misunderstanding, Fermin had decided that he needed to develop my friend's latent… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Give Me Strength This is my prayer to thee, my lord---strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart. Give me the strength lightly… — Rabindranath Tagore
Thus play I in one person many people, And none contented: sometimes am I king; Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar, And so… — William Shakespeare
But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze… — Thomas Gray
Simplicity is not leading a very simple life with bountiful wealth and luxury that one can lay hands on, but building no desire to have… — Anuj Somany

Who Wrote These Penury Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 16 Penury Quotes as follows: