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OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the… — Ambrose Bierce
Nothing in all nature is so lovely and so vigorous, so perfectly at home in its environment, as a fish in the sea. Its surroundings… — Evelyn Underhill
Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out… — Phyllis McGinley
Do not despise any man, however poor he may be; but behave with full respect and kindness to every well-intentioned man, especially to the poor,… — John of Kronstadt
If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart that brings blessings. — Gautama Buddha
Rich people invest money and poor people spend it. — Grant Cardone
My folks were English. They were too poor to be British. I still have a bit of British in me. In fact, my blood type… — Bob Hope
Rich is he who thinks he is rich and poor is he who thinks he is poor. — Emile Coue
For me and Michelle, this visit has therefore held special meaning. Throughout my life, including my work as a young man on behalf of the… — Barack Obama
The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as if our society… — Barack Obama
The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at… — Robert Zoellick
Our house is burning and we look elsewhere. Nature, mutilated and over-exploited, can no longer reconstitute itself and we refuse to admit it. Humanity is… — Jacques Chirac
If the U.S. wants to help people in tsunami-hit countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia - not to mention other poor countries in Africa -… — Nicholas D. Kristof
It is (to describe it figuratively) as if an author were to make a slip of the pen, and as if this clerical error became… — Soren Kierkegaard
The shortcomings of economics are not original error but uncorrected obsolescence. The obsolescence has occurred because what is convenient has become sacrosanct. Anyone who attacks… — John Kenneth Galbraith
A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom. — Wendy Beckett
We used to say in the White House that if a place is too dangerous, too small or too poor, send the First Lady. — Hillary Clinton
Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were met...I can say… — Pope Francis
The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment. — Oleg Cassini
I beg the Lord to grant us more politicians who are genuinely disturbed by the state of society, the people, the lives of the poor! — Pope Francis
We are all jars of clay, fragile and poor, yet we carry within us an immense treasure. — Pope Francis
The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off. — Benjamin Franklin
Far from being a “luxury for the rich,” organic farming may turn out to be a necessity not just for the poor, but for everyone. — Raj Patel
Sense your presence, the naked, unveiled, unclothed beingness. It is untouched by young or old, rich or poor, good or bad, or any other attributes. — Eckhart Tolle

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