best quotations about
Poverty |
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Quotations
 | The surest way to remain poor is to be honest. — Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor 15 likes |
 | It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. — Seneca, 5 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher 14 likes |
 | Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 13 likes |
 | If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. — John Kennedy, 1917-1963, American President [1961-1963] 10 likes |
 | Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes |
 | I’ve never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 9 likes |
 | We fought a war on poverty, and poverty won. — Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004, American President [1981-1989] 9 likes |
 | Poverty is the worst form of violence. — Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence 7 likes |
 | Poverty makes you wise, but it’s a curse. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 7 likes |
 | Poverty is not a Shame ; but the being ashamed of it, is. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 6 likes |
 | If you are born poor its not your mistake, but if you die poor its your mistake. — Bill Gates, 1955-, American businessman 5 likes |
 | I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 4 likes |
 | As long as there is poverty there will be gods. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 4 likes |
 | Four specters haunt the poor: old age, accident, sickness and unemployment — David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister [1916-1922] 4 likes |
| He is poor indeed that can promise nothing. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 3 likes |
| Debt is the worst poverty. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 3 likes |
 | I am the poet of the poor, because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words. — Ovid, 43 BC-17 AD, Roman poet 3 likes |
| In poverty, the body shake against each other, as in the cold, but hearts away. — Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer 2 likes |
 | Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty. — Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969] 2 likes |
 | Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. — Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian 2 likes |
 | It is not poverty, Nestor, to have nothing at all. — Martial, 43-104 AD, Roman poet of epigrams 2 likes |
 | One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. — George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer 2 likes |
| Poor men seek meat for their Stomach ; rich Men Stomach for their Meat. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 2 likes |
| A light Purse makes a heavy Heart. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 2 likes |
 | And money can't buy everything. For example: poverty. — Nelson Algren, 1909-1981, American writer 2 likes |
 | The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich. |
 | It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them. |
 | The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved. — Mother Teresa, 1910-1997, Albanian-Indian nun & missionary |
 | I’ve always found it very sanitary to be broke. |
 | If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need, go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones. |
 | Where poverty ceases, greed begins. |
 | If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father. |
 | I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. |
 | One must always have in mind one simple fact: there is no literate population in the world that is poor, and there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor. — John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist |
 | An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. |
 | Sleeping on a plank has one advantage: it encourages early rising. |
 | I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. |
 | Your money does not cause my poverty. Refusal to believe this is at the bottom of most bad economic thinking. |
 | The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic |
Latin Quotes
 | Poverty is the lack of many things, avarice is the lack of all things. Inopiae desunt multa, avaritiae omnia. — Publilius Syrus, 1st cent. AD, Roman author of maxims 30 likes |
 | Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes. Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus. — Terentius, c. 185-159 BC, Roman comic playwright (meaning: without bread and wine, love freezes) 17 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | We were poor. We were so poor, in my neighborhood the rainbow was in black-and-white. — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 2 likes |
| When shit becomes valuable, the poor will be born without assholes. |
Ancient Greek
 | Old age and poverty, two wounds hard to heal. Γήρας και πενία δύο τραύματα δυσθεράπευτα. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 10 likes |
 | If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can. Ει μεν πλούσιος, όταν θέλη· ει δε πένης, όταν έχη. — Diogenes, 410-323 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher (his idea for the proper time for lunch) 4 likes |
 | I have nothing except the penis in my right hand. Ουδέν γε πλην ή το πέος εν τη δεξιά. — Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Clouds 4 likes |
| Poverty is a self-taught virtue. Πενία αυτοδίδακτος αρετή. — Diogenes, 410-323 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher 4 likes |
 | Poverty awakens the arts. Πενία τέχνας κατεργάζεται. — Theocritus, 3rd cent. BC, Ancient Greek poet 4 likes |
 | A poor man is abandoned by all his friends. Πένητα φεύγει πας τις εκποδών φίλος. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Medea 4 likes |
| Poverty had a lack of wisdom. Πενία δε σοφίαν έλαχεν. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Polyidus 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | The heaviest burden is an empty pocket. 3 likes |
 | When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window. 3 likes |
 | He who has no money in the purse must have honey in the mouth. 2 likes |
