"To be a poor man is hard, but……" — W. E. B. Du Bois

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor… - W. E. B. Du Bois

"To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships."

— W. E. B. Du Bois

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113 Quotes by W. E. B. Du Bois

W. E. B. Du Bois has 113 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness…
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit…
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others,…
One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals…
The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words…
If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not…
Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.
A classic is a book that doesn't have to be written again.

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We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our… — Paul Auster
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class… — Alfred Austin
I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom… — Bryan Adams
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. — Honore de Balzac
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the… — Douglas Adams
My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at… — Tyra Banks
Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the… — Bruce Barton
Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars. — Bernard Baruch
If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom of the pile because I… — Kate Beckinsale
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line. — Warren G. Bennis
The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. — Warren G. Bennis

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