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Poor Quotes by John Steinbeck
- Why do men like me want sons? he wondered. It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these new men, who…
- If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.
- If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it 'cause he feels awful poor inside hisself, and…
- He learned that when people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it.
- Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are a…
- Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won't all be poor.
- Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
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