Poor Quotes

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Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but… — Bible
Poor Paddy of all Christian men I think On basest food pours down the vilest drink. — William Allingham
Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in… — Bible
Better late than never is poor consolation for the man who has lost the opportunity of a lifetime — Henri Matisse
Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous. — Ambrose Bierce
Somehow, not only for Christmas but all the long year through, The joy that you give to others Is the joy that comes back to… — John Greenleaf Whittier
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary,… — Thomas Hobbes
And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live. (Marium… — Quran
I believe that none of us ever fails at anything. Every time we create something we are successful at creation. However, we do make some… — Frank A. Clark
Surely they who believe and do good deeds and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate they shall have their reward from their Lord, and… — Quran
No matter how valuable, advice on how to succeed, coming from an unsuccessful man, will be received with poor grace or even ridicule — James Nathan Miller
What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which music puts upon them, and recited in simple prose — Plato
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.… — Bible
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. -Proverbs 22:7 — Bible
Let Catholic writers take care when defending the cause of the proletariat and the poor not to use language calculated to inspire among the people… — Bible
I fall back on this journal just as some other poor devil takes to drink — Proverb
The right time to eat is: for a rich man when he is hungry, for a poor man when he has something to eat — Mexican Proverb
You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great — Bible
Of course there's a different law for the rich and poor; otherwise, who would go into business? E — Unknown Author
If you were a poor Indian with no weapons, and a bunch of conquistadores came up to you and asked where the gold was, I… — Jack Handey

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