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Poverty Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
- Through our sunless lanes creeps Poverty with her hungry eyes, and Sin with his sodden face follows close behind her. Misery wakes us in the…
- As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy,…
- In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompaniment to civilization.
- As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg
- As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.
- In England, an inventor is regarded almost as a crazy man, and in too many instances invention ends in disappointment and poverty. In America, an…
- If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty
- The proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.
- Like two doomed ships that pass in storm we had crossed each other's way: but we made no sign, we said no word, we had…
- Who, being loved, is poor?
- Poor? What does that matter? When poverty creeps in at the door, love flies in through the window.
More Poverty Quotes
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- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- Poverty is the mother of crime. — Marcus Aurelius
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet
- Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring… — Walter Bagehot
- Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty… — Russell Baker
- Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. — James A. Baldwin