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Poor Quotes

"Though I be poor, I'm honest."

"Though I be poor, I'm honest."

Thomas Middleton, English Poet

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"Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress."

"Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich."

"I've been rich and I've been poor. It's better to be rich."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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"He who knows how to be poor knows everything."

"He who knows how to be poor knows everything."

Jules Michelet, French Historian

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"I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday."

"I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday."

Henry IV, French Royalty

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"The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich."

"The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich."

Holbrook Jackson, English Writer

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"Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich."

"Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich."

Naomi Klein, Canadian Journalist

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"You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible."

"You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible."

Jonathan Kozol, American Writer

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"Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical."

"Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical."

Edgard Varese, American Composer

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"And plenty makes us poor."

"And plenty makes us poor."

John Dryden, English Poet

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"The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop."

"The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

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"Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store."

"Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store."

Edward Dyer, English Poet

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"I am a poor hater."

"I am a poor hater."

James A. Garfield, American President

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"We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread."

"We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread."

Thomas Day, British Author

Poor, Right, Want

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"Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!"

"Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!"

Wallace Stevens, American Poet

Poor, Silly, Spring

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"Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor."

"Its easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor."

Ray Kroc, American Businessman

Poor, Principles

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"He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust."

"He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Poor, Spirit, Words

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"He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much."

"He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics."

"An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics."

Plutarch, Greek Philosopher

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"Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain."

"Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

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"Oscar Wilde said the rich and the poor are equal - they can both sleep under the bridge. Right? Do they have a right? You're damn right they have a right!"

"Oscar Wilde said the rich and the poor are equal - they can both sleep under the bridge. Right? Do they have a right? You're damn right they have a right!"

Al Lewis, American Actor

Poor, Right, Sleep

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"When you're really poor, everything you see is something you can't have."

"When you're really poor, everything you see is something you can't have."

Patrick Duncan, South African Politician

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"When the idle poor become the idle rich, you'll never know just who is who, or which is which."

"When the idle poor become the idle rich, you'll never know just who is who, or which is which."

E. Y. Harburg, American Musician

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"Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman."

"Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

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"Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person."

"Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

"How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"

"How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

"Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us."

"Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

Poor, Republicans, Vote

"To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects."

"To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects."

Raoul Vaneigem, Belgian Philosopher

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