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Poverty Quotes by Seneca the Younger
- Not he who has little, but he whose wishes more, is poor.
- There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
- It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity.
- It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.
- He has committed the crime who profits by it
- The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.
- Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
- That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
- Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.
- He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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