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Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. Samuel Johnson Poor 961
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue, it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. Benjamin Franklin Poor 442
Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. James Baldwin Poor 144
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. Confucius Poor 143
You can never have too much money. Jess C. Scott Poor 95
The Gospel takes away our right forever to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor. Dorothy Day Poor 93
You dont make the poor richer by making the rich poorer. Winston Churchill Poor 91
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. Walter Bagehot Poor 90
Poverty urges us to do and suffer anything that we may escape from it, and so leads us away from virtue. Horace Poor 89
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse. Ralph Waldo Emerson Poor 86
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. George Eliot Poor 80
For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. John W. Gardner Poor 78
I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulderblades only I seldom had bread Charles Bukowski Poor 78
Mother Teresa would seek no other pulpit than the hovels of the poor and no other sermon than her works of love performed for the unloved in Gods name. Joseph Langford Poor 77
The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability. Muhammad Yunus Poor 74
Theres class warfare all right but its my class the rich class thats making war and were winning. Warren Buffett Poor 71
When I see a poor person I think of me and then I think maybe I should pay my clones for all the work they do for me. Then I think nah theyre only slaves. Through my clones I am a slave to myself. Jarod Kintz Poor 70
Only the poor can know all the disadvantages of poverty. Only the rich can know all the disadvantages of wealth. Cullen Hightower Poor 70
Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly. Plutarch Poor 70
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime. Benjamin Disraeli Poor 64
A poor man is always behind. American Proverbs Poor 61
His lines had been honed over centuries passed down through generations for poor people needed certain lines the script was always the same and they had no option but to beg for mercy. Kiran Desai Poor 60
I have always found that it is far more convenient to be rich rather than to be poor. Amanda Quick Poor 58
Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. James A. Garfield Poor 57
Poverty is not disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient. Sydney Smith Poor 55
Its so funny you judge me arrogant after I succeeded. You didnt help me at all when I was so poor and needy. Toba Beta Poor 54
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. Samuel Johnson Poor 54
Po pune ke ti mor zoteri me izmet e mia te shqyera dhe me berrylat e mi te grisur Fyodor Dostoevsky Poor 51
Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true. Glen Cook Poor 51
One is weary of hearing about the omnipotence of money. I will say rather that, for a genuine man, it is not evil to be poor. Thomas Carlyle Poor 50
History is written by the rich and so the poor get blamed for everything. Jeffrey D. Sachs Poor 50
We fought a war on poverty and poverty won Ronald Reagan Poor 45
Hebrew word for charity tzedakah simply means justice and as this suggests for Jews giving to the poor is no optional extra but an essential part of living a just life. Peter Singer Poor 45
One of the Great Rules of Economics According to John Green If you are rich you have to be an idiot not to stay rich. And if you are poor you have to be really smart to get rich. John Green Poor 43
Stealing it in a sick kind of sense was like earning it. Markus Zusak Poor 43
Of all the advantages which come to any young man, I believe it to be demonstrably true that poverty is the greatest. Josiah G. Holland Poor 41
Sometimes I feel Im just doing a poor impression of a person. Maybe I feel this way because I have no money. Jarod Kintz Poor 41
When emerging from humble beginnings those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were somebody. Criss Jami Poor 41
There is only one class in the community that thinks more abut money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. That is the misery of being poor. Oscar Wilde Poor 39
Once poverty is gone well need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. Theyll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery deprivation and despair. Muhammad Yunus Poor 38
So I heard the boom of my fathrs rifle when he shot my best friend. A bullet only costs about two cents and anybody can afford that.14 Sherman Alexie Poor 38
Even today we dont pay serious attention to the issue of poverty because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves from the issue by saying that if the poor worked harder they wouldnt be poor. Muhammad Yunus Poor 38
I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely. Charles Bukowski Poor 37
The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to. Aristotle Poor 37
There are people who make a complete and utter mockery of democracy and equality theyre the casualties of the primitive rules of competition which run our society and the welfare state just keeps them alive. Thats all. Michael Palin Poor 36
The rich can afford to be progressive. Poor people have reason to be afraid of the future. Garrison Keillor Poor 35
One things sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get children Ron Rash Poor 35
Gods Word teaches a very hard disturbing truth. Those who neglect the poor and the oppressed are really not Gods people at allno matter how frequently they practice their religious rituals nor how orthodox are their creeds and confessions. Ronald J. Sider Poor 35
Actors never say theyre poor. Theyre always broke. Its always just temporary. Broke is poor with hope. Alison Arngrim Poor 35
You say you care about the poor Tell me their names. Craig Greenfield Poor 34

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