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She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old. — Horace
If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no… — Saint Basil
There is harm not only in trying to gain wealth but also in excessive concern with even the most necessary things. It is not enough… — Saint John Chrysostom
Education had been a great gift for him [Ziauddin]. He believed that lack of education was the root of all the Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed… — Malala Yousafzai
There are many different ways to be poor in the world but increasingly there seems to be one single way to be rich. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life. — Faye Dunaway
A son of a poor man is standing in front of you today. This is the strength of a democracy. — Narendra Modi
India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people. — Manmohan Singh
Like Mary, let us be full of zeal to go in haste to give Jesus to others. She was full of grace when, at the… — Mother Teresa
Every time I hear anyone speak of the Sacred Heart of Jesus or of the Blessed Sacrament I feel an indescribable joy. It is as… — Pope John XXIII
If some beggar steals a bridle he'll be hung by a man who's stolen a horse. There's no surer justice in the world than that… — Peire Cardenal
Men will become poor because they will not have a love for trees... If you don't love trees, you don't love God. — Unknown Author
Attainment is a poor measure of capacity, and ignorance no proof of defect. — Cyril Burt
The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals… — Charles Churchill
Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance,… — William James
There are many ways to love someone. Sometimes we want love so much, we're not too choosy about who we love. Other times, we make… — Raymond E. Feist
Poor conceited humanity! Interpreters of God indeed. — Paul Laurence Dunbar
Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff. — Sojourner Truth
Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only… — Stephen King
The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts. — Philip Sidney
Drug companies spend more on advertising and marketing than on research, more on research on lifestyle drugs than on life saving drugs, and almost nothing… — Joseph Stiglitz
The reason for your poor projections is often right in front of you. Whether you are using statistical analysis or just an average, sometimes the… — Des MacHale
Now, a corpse, poor thing, is an untouchable and the process of decay is, of all pieces of bad manners, the vulgarest imaginable. For a… — Aldous Huxley
How astonishingly does the chance of leaving the world improve a sense of its natural beauties upon us. Like poor Falstaff, although I do not… — John Keats
I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches. — Bum Phillips

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