Ashamed Quote by Jerome K. Jerome

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.

— Washington Irving

Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit.

— Eli Khamarov

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

— Washington Irving

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

In other countries poverty is a misfortune - with us it is a crime.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient

— Sydney Smith

Poverty is a wonderful thing. It sticks to a man after all his friends have forsaken him.

— Hebrew Proverb

We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime

— Christian Nestell Bovee

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

— Confucius

I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should…

— Joe Klein

“Poverty is no crime; always remember that. After all, why should we despair? Our present difficulties will pass away, and God will right us.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Poverty is rather a state of mind. No man who possess this mentality can outwardly command abundance.

— Ore Abayomi