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Poor Quotes

"It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher."

"It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

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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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"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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"Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical."

"Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical."

Edgard Varese, American Composer

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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 am a poor hater."

"I am a poor hater."

James A. Garfield, American President

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"The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor."

"The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor."

Samuel Richardson, English Novelist

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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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"Poor fellow, he suffers from files."

"Poor fellow, he suffers from files."

Aneurin Bevan, Welsh Politician

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

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

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

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"The poor North has much to do with slavery. It staggers under its load and smarts under its lash."

"The poor North has much to do with slavery. It staggers under its load and smarts under its lash."

Gerrit Smith, American Politician

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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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"I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me."

"I decided, if I'm going to be poor and black and all, the least thing I'm going to do is to try and find out who I am. I created everything about me."

Ornette Coleman, American Musician

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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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"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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"He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has."

"He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"Few, save the poor, feel for the poor."

"Few, save the poor, feel for the poor."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

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"We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet."

"We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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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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"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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"Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle."

"Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle."

Henri Rousseau, French Artist

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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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"I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours."

"I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Poor, Right, Wonder

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"Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor."

"Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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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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"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

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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

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"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

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