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76 quotes (Page 1 of 4 pages)A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.
Poverty and The Poor
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
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A poor man is all schemes.
Poverty and The Poor
Spanish Proverb
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A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
Poverty and The Poor
Georges Bernanos
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America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.
Poverty and The Poor
Gloria Steinem
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Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
Poverty and The Poor
James Baldwin
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As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
Poverty and The Poor
Theodore Parker
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Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind.
Poverty and The Poor
Mike Todd
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Empty pockets make empty heads.
Poverty and The Poor
William Carlos Williams
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For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.
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John W. Gardner
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Give me the poverty that enjoys true wealth.
Poverty and The Poor
Henry David Thoreau
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Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.
Poverty and The Poor
Thomas Robert Malthus
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Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
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Benjamin Franklin
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He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord.
Poverty and The Poor
Bible
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He who ashamed of his poverty would be equally proud of his wealth.
Poverty and The Poor
Source Unknown
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He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
Poverty and The Poor
Jules Michelet
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Here we all live in a state of ambitious poverty.
Poverty and The Poor
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
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I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.
Poverty and The Poor
Josh Billings
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I am my brother's keeper, and he's sleeping pretty rough these days.
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Archbishop Derek Worlock
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I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.
Poverty and The Poor
John Marquand
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I wasn't born in a log cabin, but my family moved into one as soon as they could afford it.
Poverty and The Poor
Melville D. Landon
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I worked myself up from nothing to extreme poverty.
Poverty and The Poor
Groucho Marx
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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
Poverty and The Poor
John F. Kennedy
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If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
Poverty and The Poor
Yiddish Proverb
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In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.
Poverty and The Poor
Phaedrus
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In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.
Poverty and The Poor
Herbert Clark Hoover
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun