Poor Quotes
5043 quotes by 2887 authors
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I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead.
— Homer
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Poor human nature cannot bear such strains as heavenly triumphs bring to it; there must come a reaction. Excess of joy or excitement must be…
— Charles Spurgeon
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When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in…
— Alfie Kohn
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The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman, and other men are slaves;…
— Richard Sibbes
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Good teachers cost a lot; but, poor teachers cost a lot more.
— Evan Esar
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About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.
— Josh Billings
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It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
— George Herbert
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The poor, the unsuccessful, the unhappy, the unhealthy are the ones who use the word tomorrow the most.
— Robert Kiyosaki
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You shout and the valleys shout, or you sing and the valleys sing. Each heart is a valley. If you pour love into it, it…
— Rajneesh
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I cannot say to you what is right or wrong. I can say only one thing to you: be conscious - that is right. Don't…
— Rajneesh
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People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.
— William Temple
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His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it…
— Queen Victoria
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A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.
— Frederick The Great
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There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent; this is how…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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Ever building, building to the clouds, still building higher, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot sustain the giddy tottering column.
— Friedrich Schiller
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Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.
— Robert Motherwell
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There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.
— E. W. Howe
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I tell you there isn't a thing under the sun that needs to be done at all, but what a man can do better than…
— George Eliot
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It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.
— Joshua Reynolds
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So there he is at last. Man on the moon. The poor magnificent bungler! He can't even get to the office without undergoing the agonies…
— Russell Baker
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