Poor Man Quotes

171 Poor Man quotes by 128 unique authors

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. — Sidney Poitier
When a poor man, hungry and unseeing because his eyesight is failing, grabs me and starts begging, I feel the Nazi in myself. I abhor… — George Stevens
What does the poor man do at the rich man's door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a… — Francis of Assisi
In all conditions of life a poor man is a near neighbor to an honest one, and a rich man is as little removed from… — Jean de la Bruyere
Poor man. Poor mankind. — William Faulkner
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich. — Democritus
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. — W.C. Fields
It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder,… — Jerome K. Jerome
I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he… — Jackie Kennedy
No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my… — Michelangelo
I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money. — Pablo Picasso
The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture. — Plautus
I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things. — Sidney Poitier
To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society… — Baruch Spinoza
Me, poor man, my library Was dukedom large enough. — William Shakespeare
Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living. — George Bernard Shaw
Of the seven days God gave to us in a week, He said to take six, and use them for our business. Yet we think… — Charles Spurgeon
The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that… — Victor Hugo

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