Poverty Quotes
(1 - 10 of 47)In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something more
In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
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.
The child was diseased at birth, stricken with a hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to more
The child was diseased at birth, stricken with a hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to shake off. I mean poverty--the most deadly and prevalent of all diseases.
Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.
Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
As society advances the standard of poverty rises.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.
Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.
Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.
Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.
