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Poor Quotes by George Eliot
- I tell you there isn't a thing under the sun that needs to be done at all, but what a man can do better than…
- Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a cajoling tone to the…
- In poor Rosamond's mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in.
- It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very much about our own pleasures. We can only have the…
- One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
- Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.' I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most…
- Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.
- Signs are small measurable things, but interpretations are illimitable, and in girls of sweet, ardent nature, every sign is apt to conjure up wonder, hope,…
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