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William Shakespeare2 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 · 1606Anatole France1 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 · 1894Benjamin Franklin1 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 · 1766G.K. Chesterton1 quote
The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. — G.K. Chesterton · 1904Gerald Brenan1 quote
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 · 1978Oscar Wilde1 quote
There 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 · 1891Robert Burns1 quote
O Death! the poor man's dearest friend,
The kindest and the best! — Robert Burns · 1784