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Poor Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
- The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not…
- Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich-something for nothing.
- Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the…
- I was told that my diet was so poor that I could not repair the bones that were broken and operated on. So I have…
- Our first duty is not to be poor.
- The medieval doctors of divinity who did not pretend to settle how many angels could dance on the point of a needle cut a very…
- I also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be allowed to be…
- Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.
- I am a brigand: I live by robbing the rich.' 'I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.
- The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman.
- Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is…
- Very few people can afford to be poor.
- A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is, is a trial of which you can have no conception.
- Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
- HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man? DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me.
- Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit. Money is nothing: character, conduct, and capacity are everything. There…
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
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. — Francis Bacon
- Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty… — Russell Baker
- Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr
- I still think I'm like the poor girl from Colorado who worked three jobs to buy a car. That's still my mentality,… — Amy Adams
- Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. — James A. Baldwin
- A man is a poor creature compared to a woman. — Honore de Balzac
- But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other… — Honore de Balzac
- I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be… — Bob Barker