Poor Quotes

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Now that was one thing, but from an actor's point of view, this poor young man, crying from the moment I opened the door to… — Rod Steiger
I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich. — Gertrude Stein
They got money for the war but can't feed the poor — 2Pac
Someone said I never paid any dues. I feel my whole life was struggling, because we were poor. We were alone, we had nothing--no security.… — Mariah Carey
Bed is the poor man's opera — Italian Proverb
Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor — Jane Austen
If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a… — Manuel AlcÃ¡ntara
The principles are clear and explicit. The free market is fine for the third world and its growing counterpart at home. Mothers with dependent children… — Avram Noam Chomsky
Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor — Proverb
Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor — German Proverb
Development aid takes money from the poor in rich countries and gives it to the rich in poor countries. — Mohammed Saleh
It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting — Chinese Proverbs
We have neither the pretension to solve all the problems of these deaf children nor the intention to sit down and feel sorry for these… — Jean-Claude Adzalla
A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, big or small, young or old. He doesn't care if you're not smart, not popular, not… — Louis Sabin
The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of limited resources that it is commonly employed only by small… — David Friedman
When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing… — Helen Hayes
Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance,… — William James
The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor — Dutch Proverb
War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading — Thomas Hardy
A man isn't poor if he can still laugh. — Raymond Hitchcock

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