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• A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of non pertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience,… — Charles Lamb
• They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation. — Arthur Helps
• A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature. — Charles Lamb
• There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was… — Sally Field
• In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital… — Terry Eagleton
• The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation. — Helmut Kohl
• Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not… — David Walliams
• Probably there is an imperceptible touch of something permanent that one feels instinctively to adhere to true humour, whereas wit may be… — Mark Twain

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