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"Poor Mrs. Benefer," Heather murmured. "Well, a nice cup of tea and she'll be right as rain.""Oh, puh-leeze, Heather. A nice cup of tea, indeed.… — Unknown Author
The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing politicians… — Frans de Waal
So, friends, every day do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be… — Wendell Berry
The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its 'debt' in the… — William Graham Sumner
Our way of living together in America is a strong but delicate fabric. It is made up of many threads. It has been woven over… — Wendell Willkie
The law of the fast benefits both those who fast and those who stand in need. . . . In addition to providing the means… — Victor L. Brown
I think that a person who is attached to riches, who lives with the worry of riches, is actually very poor. If this person puts… — Mother Teresa
It is a poor head that cannot find plausible reason for doing what the heart wants to do. — Richard Hofstadter
You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will… — St. Vincent
Go to the poor there you will find God. — St. Vincent
The poor have much to teach you. You have much to learn from them. — St. Vincent
It is our duty to prefer the service of the poor to everything else and to offer such service as quickly as possible. If a… — St. Vincent
There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none. — E F Schumacher
The priestly vocation is essentially a call to sanctity, in the form that derives from the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Sanctity is intimacy with God; it… — Pope John Paul II
O Mary Mother of Mercy and Refuge of Sinners! We beseech thee to look with pitying eyes on poor heretics and schismatics. Do thou, who… — Pope Pius XII
Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor. — Pope Leo XIII
Logic is a poor model of cause and effect. — Gregory Bateson
Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who… — Stephen Covey
Not many of us will be leaders; and even those who are leaders must also be followers much of the time. This is the crucial… — Garry Wills
Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression,… — James H. Cone
You know when you see a mother someplace just melting down on her kid? She's like, 'Shut up, I hate you, you're ugly!'... Any parents… — Louis C. K.
A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone with an income… — William Maxwell
A considerable proportion of the developed world's prosperity rests on paying the lowest possible prices for the poor countries' primary products and on exporting high-cost… — Philip Agee
Iwill always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose… — Joseph Pulitzer
I have just been condemned, not to a shameful death, which can only apply to felons, but rather to finding your brother again...I seek forgiveness… — Marie Antoinette

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