Poverty Quote by Thomas Browne Sr

To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a…

— Anonymous

The Frenchman invented the ruffle; the Englishman added the shirt.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“His first stop was the local branch of Child's Bank; once he replenished his supply of cash, he followed the bank manager's directions to…

— Stephanie Laurens

“...he was presently rewarded with the sight of the present day disgrace of England. Out of the bathing tent, and into the full sunlight,…

— Henry De Vere Stacpoole

“They were looking after themselves, living with rigid economy; and there was no greater proof of their friendship than the way their harmony withstood…

— Patrick O'Brian

There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats.

— Juvenal

“When it comes to wine and buttocks, the redder, the better.”

— Danny Tyran

“She went alone to the vast room where the second-hand clothes were kept. Later, she thought it the happiest hour of her life. There…

— Martine Bailey

“The ship's surgeon was a spotty unshaven little man whose clothes, arrayed with smudges, drippings, and cigarette burns, were held about him by an…

— William Gaddis

“In ten minutes Peg had returned with a bundle of stuff. She washed her mistress's rat-tails at the stand, and then tucked her back…

— Martine Bailey

“I had opened the obvious drawer, the top drawer of the room's only dresser, and found myself gazing into a masculine cache of compressed,…

— Susan Choi

“The more bleach in the bedsheets, the greater Chastity's impulse to roll around in them. A party would be thrown, she decided, the kind…

— Amelia Gray