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 |
 | As long as there is poverty there will be gods. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 6 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 |
 | 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 |
 | The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as “Soho” poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent. |
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 |
 | I think that people do not have wealth and poverty in their homes but in their souls. Νομίζω τους ανθρώπους ουκ εν τη οικία τον πλούτον και την πενίαν έχειν, αλλ’ εν ταις ψυχαίς. — Xenophon, 430-355 BC, Ancient Greek soldier & historian 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | The poor man’s temptation is a loaf of bread. 4 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 |
