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The poor9 quotes
How apt the poor are to be proud! — William Shakespeare · 1602Fortune, that arrant whore,
Ne’er turns the key to th’ poor. — William Shakespeare · 1606The majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. — Anatole France · 1894The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — G.K. Chesterton · 1904Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker. — Proverbs 17:5 · 686 BCI think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1766All 9 quotes →Poverty3 quotes
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1766Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money. — Gerald Brenan · 1978There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Money2 quotes
Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money. — Gerald Brenan · 1978There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Rich vs. poor2 quotes
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — G.K. Chesterton · 1904There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Death1 quote
O Death! the poor man's dearest friend,
The kindest and the best! — Robert Burns · 1784Death as a blessing1 quote
O Death! the poor man's dearest friend,
The kindest and the best! — Robert Burns · 1784Economic inequality1 quote
The majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. — Anatole France · 1894Fortune1 quote
Fortune, that arrant whore,
Ne’er turns the key to th’ poor. — William Shakespeare · 1606Good luck1 quote
Fortune, that arrant whore,
Ne’er turns the key to th’ poor. — William Shakespeare · 1606Incentives1 quote
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1766Law1 quote
The majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. — Anatole France · 1894Public policy1 quote
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1766Rule of law1 quote
The majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. — Anatole France · 1894The rich1 quote
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — G.K. Chesterton · 1904