Poor Quotes

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We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment… — Theodor Herzl
I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms… — Ben Hecht
My plan of instruction is extremely simple and limited. They learn, on week-days, such coarse works as may fit them for servants. I allow of… — Hannah More
I should like to know who has been carried off, except poor dear me - I have been more ravished myself than anybody since the… — Lord Byron
Food probably has a very great influence on the condition of men. Wine exercises a more visible influence, food does it more slowly but perhaps… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect of… — William Shakespeare
It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as Gods will when you yourself have warm clothes and plenty of food… — Thomas Merton
Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a… — Oscar Wilde
The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. — Oscar Wilde
As an artist, i feel lucky to have been given the gift of creativity so that i may share my vision of a better world.… — Romero Britto
No matter where you go, poor people have the capacity to endure. Some people even compliment us on it, as if endurance is all we… — Victor LaValle
The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated. — Victor LaValle
In a perfect world what poor countries at the lowest rungs of economic development need is not a multi-party democracy, but in fact a decisive… — Dambisa Moyo
A developed country isnâ€™t a place where the poor have cars. Itâ€™s where the rich use public transportation. — Gustavo Petro
Mine is a quiet explorationâ€”a quest for new meanings in color, texture and design. Even though I sometimes portray scenes of poor and struggling people,… — Lois Mailou Jones
Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor. — Charles Barkley
My visions of the future are always pretty much standard issue. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and there are flying cars. — Joss Whedon
My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those… — Evangeline Lilly
I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are â€˜the poor heartbroken girl.â€™ Thatâ€™s why Iâ€™m… — Gal Gadot
Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn't say I lived in a ghetto, I'd say I… — Eminem

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