Idleness Quote by Jean-Baptiste Say

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent

— Plato

Poverty is a bitter thing; but it is not as bitter as the existence of restless vacuity and physical, moral, and intellectual flabbiness, to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Poverty, labor, and calamity are not without their luxuries, which the rich, the indolent, and the fortunate in vain seek for.

— William Hazlitt

Poverty is dishonorable, not in itself, but when it is a proof of laziness, intemperance, luxury, and carelessness; whereas in a person that is…

— Plutarch

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently…

— Samuel Johnson

“Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.”

— Plato

Poverty is never dishonourable in itself, but only when it is a mark of sloth, intemperance, extravagance, or thoughtlessness. When, on the other hand,…

— Plutarch

“The poor man, a term which means the man who doesn't know how to operate and release the riches of his mind, can at…

— Joseph Murphy

Poverty always looks the same, no matter where you come across it. The rich can always express their opulence by varying their lives. Different…

— Henning Mankell

“But dignity is also corroded by poverty no matter how poetically we invest the humble with simple graces and charm. No worker can maintain…

— Martin Luther King Jr

It is not poverty so much as pretence that harasses a ruined man--the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse--the keeping up…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

“there is nothing arrogant about mentioning ordinary people’s material concerns: the poor have the right to do it, and to talk about a readiness…

— Slavoj Žižek