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Poor Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- Those who would most scornfully repudiate Christianity as a mere "opiate of the people" have a contempt for the rich, that is, for all mankind…
- Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering, whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed.
- Giving to the poor is an essential part of Christian morality.
- If one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business.
- Temperance referred not abstaining, but going the right length and no further...of course it may be the duty of a particular Christian, or any Christian,…
- I think each village was meant to feel pity for its own sick and poor whom it can help and I doubt if it is…
- Ah, poor Pole. It's been to much for her, this last bit. Turned her head, I shouldn't wonder. She's beginning to see things.
- We thought the Duke would have been pleased if the King's Majesty would have married his daughter, but nothing came of that--' Squints, and has…
- Remember that all worlds draw to an end and that noble death is a treasure which no one is too poor to buy.
- Suppose... suppose we have only dreamed and made up these things like sun, sky, stars, and moon, and Aslan himself. In that case, it seems…
- You ask whether I have ever been in love: fool as I am, I am not such a fool as that. But if one is…
- Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what is lowest and most bestial, will not…
- But if you are a poor creature--poisoned by a wretched up-bringing in some house full of vulgar jealousies and senseless quarrels--saddled, by no choice of…
More Poor Quotes
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
- Not to share one’s goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our… — Pope Francis
- Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so… — Muhammad Yunus
- I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor… — Winston Churchill
- Peace is a culture that we create by putting it in the curriculum for young people, through creating this next generation where… — Craig Kielburger
- If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all… — Ben Jonson
- Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be… — Swami Vivekananda